Abstract
Grounded cognition rejects traditional views that cognition is computation on amodal symbols in a modular system, independent of the brain’s modal systems for perception, action, and introspection. Instead, grounded cognition proposes that modal simulations, bodily states, and si
Barsalou, L. W. (2008). Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 617–645. DOI
Key findings
- grounded cognition — Grounded cognition rejects traditional views that cognition is computation on amodal symbols in a modular system, independent of the brain’s modal systems for perception, action, and introspection.
- grounded cognition rejects — Instead, grounded cognition proposes that modal simulations, bodily states, and situated action underlie cognition.
- instead grounded cognition — Accumulating behavioral and neural evidence supporting this view is reviewed from research on perception, memory, knowledge, language, thought, social cognition, and development.
- accumulating behavioral neural — Theories of grounded cognition are also reviewed, as are origins of the area and common misperceptions of it.
Limits
Synthesis review — strong map for the field, not one fresh trial; use for orientation before primary studies.