ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2018
Communicating abstract meaning: concepts revealed in words and gestures.
Article in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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- The impact of social interaction on abstract concepts.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Article
- Abstract word dropout and cross-speaker misalignment of word concreteness are features of conversation in aging.Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2025Article
- The Flexible Role of Social Experience in the Processing of Abstract Concepts.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Abstract concepts and simulated competition.Psychological research · 2024Article
- Consensus Paper: Current Perspectives on Abstract Concepts and Future Research Directions.Journal of cognition · 2023Article
- Consensus Paper: Situated and Embodied Language Acquisition.Journal of cognition · 2023Article
- Spontaneous, controlled acts of reference between friends and strangers.Language resources and evaluation · 2022Article
- Abstract concepts: external influences, internal constraints, and methodological issues.Psychological research · 2022Review
- Abstract and concrete concepts in conversation.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Ultimate Grounding of Abstract Concepts: A Graded Account.Journal of cognition · 2022Article
- Effects of social experience on abstract concepts in semantic priming.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Abstract concepts in interaction: the need of others when guessing abstract concepts smooths dyadic motor interactions.Royal Society open science · 2021Article
- Development of Abstract Word Knowledge.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- A Developmental Framework for Embodiment Research: The Next Step Toward Integrating Concepts and Methods.Frontiers in systems neuroscience · 2021Review
- A Future of Words: Language and the Challenge of Abstract Concepts.Journal of cognition · 2020Article
- Varieties of abstract concepts: development, use and representation in the brain.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2018Article
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Abstract
words refer to concepts that cannot be directly experienced through our senses (e.g.
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