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Embodied representations are part of a grouping of representations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Christopher Habel
Affiliation:
Graduate Program in Cognitive Science, University of Hamburg, D-22527 Hamburg, Germanyhabel@informatik.uni-hamburg.de www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wsv/hp/christopher-english.html
Barbara Kaup
Affiliation:
Graduate Program in Cognitive Science, University of Hamburg, D-22527 Hamburg, Germanyhabel@informatik.uni-hamburg.de www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wsv/hp/christopher-english.html
Stephanie Kelter
Affiliation:
Graduate Program in Cognitive Science, University of Hamburg, D-22527 Hamburg, Germanyhabel@informatik.uni-hamburg.de www.informatik.uni-hamburg.de/wsv/hp/christopher-english.html

Abstract

Glenberg argues for embodied representations relevant to action. In contrast, we propose a grouping of representations, not necessarily all being directly embodied. Without assuming the existence of representations that are not directly embodied, one cannot account for the use of knowledge abstracted from direct experience.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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