Language and Intelligence: A Relationship Supporting the Embodied Cognition Hypothesis

• Published in: Journal of intelligence Vol. 10; no. 3; p. 42
• Main Authors: Negri, Attà, Castiglioni, Marco, Caldiroli, Cristina Liviana, Barazzetti, Arianna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 14.07.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Cognition & reasoning; Embodied cognition; enaction; Hypotheses; intelligence; linguistic analysis; referential process

Cognitive science has gathered robust evidence supporting the hypothesis that cognitive processes do not occur in an amodal format but take shape through the activation of the sensorimotor systems of the agent body, which works as simulation system upon which concepts, words, and thought are based....