The amodal brain and the offloading hypothesis

The amodal brain and the offloading hypothesis

In this article, I argue that a growing body of evidence shows that concepts are amodal and I provide a novel interpretation of the body of evidence that was taken to support neo-empiricist theories of concepts: the offloading hypothesis in the 1990s and 2000s.

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Veröffentlicht in:Psychonomic bulletin & review 2016-08, Vol.23 (4), p.1090-1095
1. Verfasser: Machery, Edouard
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Brain
Brief Report
Codes
Cognitive Psychology
Concept Formation
Heuristic
Humans
Hypotheses
Memory
Philosophers
Psychological Theory
Psychologists
Psychology
Semantics
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Zusammenfassung:In this article, I argue that a growing body of evidence shows that concepts are amodal and I provide a novel interpretation of the body of evidence that was taken to support neo-empiricist theories of concepts: the offloading hypothesis in the 1990s and 2000s.
ISSN:1069-9384
1531-5320
DOI:10.3758/s13423-015-0878-4