Grounded separation: Can the sensorimotor be grounded in the symbolic?

Michael Gilead, Yaacov Trope, Nira Liberman

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Abstract

According to Lee and Schwarz, the sensorimotor experience of cleansing involves separating one physical entity from another and grounds mental separation of one psychological entity from another. We propose that cleansing effects may result from symbolic cognition. Instead of viewing abstract meanings as emerging from concrete physical acts of cleansing, this physical act may be appended with pre-existing, symbolic meaning.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numbere8
Pages (from-to)27-28
Number of pages2
JournalBehavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume44
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Physiology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience

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