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- who: Jacob B. Phillips from the University of Alabama, United States have published the research: The unembodied metaphor: comprehension and production of tactile metaphors without somatosensation, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
- what: This study shows that individuals can comprehend and use tactile language and metaphor without recruiting past somatosensory experiences, and thus challenges a strong definition of embodied cognition which requires sensory simulations in language comprehension and abstract thought. The authors provide the case study for Kim, a woman born without any somatosensation or sense of taste. Through an idiomatic expression survey and an examination of . . .
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