Manipulating Objects and Telling Words: A Study on Concrete and Abstract Words Acquisition
Four experiments (E1–E2–E3–E4) investigated whether different acquisition modalities lead to the emergence of differences typically found between concrete and abstract words, as argued by the words as tools (WAT) proposal. To mimic the acquisition of concrete and abstract concepts, participants eith...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Research Foundation
2011
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3110830/ |