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Specifying separation: avoidance, abstraction, openness to new experiences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2021

Anita Körner Open the ORCID record for Anita Körner [Opens in a new window]  and
Fritz Strack
Anita Körner
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Universität Kassel, Fachgebiet Allgemeine Psychologie, D-34127 Kassel, Germany anita.koerner@uni-kassel.de https://www.uni-kassel.de/fb01/institute/psychologie/allgemeine-psychologie/dr-anita-koerner.html
Fritz Strack
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Julius-Maximilians-Universität, University of Wuerzburg, Lehrstuhl für Psychologie II, D-97070 Würzburg, Germany. strack@psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de https://www.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/soz/team/prof-dr-fritz-strack/
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Abstract

Lee and Schwarz suggest grounded procedures of separation as a mechanism for embodied cleansing. We compare this process to other mechanisms in grounded cognition and suggest a broader conceptualization that allows integration into general cognitive models of social behavior. Specifically, separation will be understood as a mindset of completed avoidance resulting in high abstraction and openness to new experiences.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 44 , 2021 , e12
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