Abstract
The topic is characterized by a highly interdisciplinary approach to the issue of action and language integration. Such an approach, combining computational models and cognitive robotics experiments with neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and linguistic approaches, can be a powerful means that can help researchers disentangle ambiguous issues, provide better and clearer definitions, and formulate clearer predictions on the links between action and language. In the introduction we briefly describe the papers and discuss the challenges they pose to future research. We identify four important phenomena the papers address and discuss in light of empirical and computational evidence: (a) the role played not only by sensorimotor and emotional information but also of natural language in conceptual representation; (b) the contextual dependency and high flexibility of the interaction between action, concepts, and language; (c) the involvement of the mirror neuron system in action and language processing; (d) the way in which the integration between action and language can be addressed by developmental robotics and Human-Robot Interaction.
DOI
10.1111/tops.12103
Publication Date
2014-07-01
Publication Title
Topics in Cognitive Science
Volume
6
Issue
3
Publisher
Wiley
ISSN
1756-8765
Embargo Period
2024-11-22
First Page
344
Last Page
358
Recommended Citation
Borghi, A., & Cangelosi, A. (2014) 'Action and Language Integration: From Humans to Cognitive Robots', Topics in Cognitive Science, 6(3), pp. 344-358. Wiley: Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12103
