Implications of Grounded Cognition for Conceptual Processing Across Cultures

Cross-linguistic differences in concepts have implications for all theories of concepts, not just for grounded ones. Failure to address these implications does not imply the belief that they do not exist. Instead, it reflects a division of labor between researchers who focus on general principles versus cultural variability. Furthermore, core principles of grounded cognition-empirical learning and situated conceptual processing-predict large cultural differences in conceptual systems. If asked, most grounded cognition researchers would anticipate and endorse these differences, as would most researchers from other perspectives. Finally, by incorporating ethnographic and linguistic analysis, grounded cognition researchers can examine how cultural differences manifest themselves in conceptual systems.

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  Topics in Cognitive Science

• Publication date

  2023-05-02

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Computer Science, Linguistics, Psychology, Sociology

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  DOI 10.1111/tops.12661PMID 37132042
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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