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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Neuroscience

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  • Embodied cognition initially focused on concrete knowledge via perceptual-motor experiences.
  • Extending embodied cognition to abstract concepts requires incorporating affective and social dimensions.
  • Existing research lacks quantitative measures for the multidimensional semantic representations of abstract concepts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a quantitative measure for the multidimensional nature of abstract concepts.
  • To create a comprehensive database of Italian abstract words with associated semantic dimensions.
  • To investigate the semantic organization and clustering of abstract concepts.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized dimension-rating methods with 542 participants rating 964 Italian words.
  • Collected data on psycholinguistic variables (concreteness, imageability, etc.) and affective norms (valence, arousal).
  • Assessed specific dimensions: introspective, mental state, quantitative, spatial, social, moral, theoretical, and economic, plus concept exclusivity.

Main Results:

  • Most abstract concepts exhibited a multidimensional representation, forming two major clusters.
  • Cluster 1: Introspective, mental state, social, and moral dimensions.
  • Cluster 2: Quantitative, spatial, theoretical, and economic dimensions; quantitative, theoretical, and economic concepts showed higher exclusivity.

Conclusions:

  • The study provides a robust framework for understanding the semantic organization of abstract words.
  • The developed measure and database facilitate controlled stimulus selection for research and clinical applications.
  • Findings support the integration of diverse experiential dimensions in abstract concept representation.