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 language | English (US) |
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Article number | e8 |
Pages (from-to) | 27-28 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
Volume | 44 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2021 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- Physiology
- Behavioral Neuroscience