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Perceptual symbols in language comprehension: Can an empirical case be made?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

Rolf A. Zwaan ,
Robert A. Stanfield  and
Carol J. Madden
Rolf A. Zwaan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270 freud.psy.fsu.edu:80/~zwaan/
Robert A. Stanfield
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270 freud.psy.fsu.edu:80/~zwaan/
Carol J. Madden
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270 freud.psy.fsu.edu:80/~zwaan/
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Abstract

Perceptual symbol systems form a theoretically plausible alternative to amodal symbol systems. At this point it is unclear whether there is any truly diagnostic empirical evidence to decide between these systems. We outline some possible avenues of research in the domain of language comprehension that might yield such evidence. Language comprehension will be an important arena for tests of the two types of symbol systems.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , August 1999 , pp. 636 - 637
Copyright
© 1999 Cambridge University Press

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