The mechanism of valence-space metaphors: ERP evidence for affective word processing.

Embodied cognition contends that the representation and processing of concepts involve perceptual, somatosensory, motoric, and other physical re-experiencing information. In this view, affective concepts are also grounded in physical information. For instance, people often say "feeling down&quo...

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Main Authors: Jiushu Xie, Ruiming Wang, Song Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4055718?pdf=render