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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Main Authors: Borghi, Anna M., Flumini, Andrea, Cimatti, Felice, Marocco, Davide, Scorolli, Claudia
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Research Foundation 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3110830/