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Abstraction still holds its feet on the ground

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2020

Mariella Pazzaglia Open the ORCID record for Mariella Pazzaglia [Opens in a new window]  and
Erik Leemhuis
Mariella Pazzaglia
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Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 00185Rome, Italymariella.pazzaglia@uniroma1.iterik.leemhuis@uniroma1.it http://dippsy.psi.uniroma1.it/users/pazzaglia-mariella IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00100Rome, Italy.
Erik Leemhuis
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” 00185Rome, Italymariella.pazzaglia@uniroma1.iterik.leemhuis@uniroma1.it http://dippsy.psi.uniroma1.it/users/pazzaglia-mariella IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, 00100Rome, Italy.
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Abstract

In view of current scientific knowledge, it seems premature to hypothesize a qualitative distinction between processes, networks, and structures involved in abstract processes from those based on perception, episodic, or procedural memories. Predictive thought and mental travel strongly rely, at different levels of consciousness, on past and ongoing sensory input, bodily information (e.g., interoception), and the results of perceptual elaboration.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e141
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