Louder Than Words: The New Science of How the Mind Makes Meaning

Meaning is more than just knowing definitions of words, as others have previously argued. And when you talk, your listener fills in lots of details you didn't mention - the curliness of the dog's fur or the vast statuary on the grounds of the French palace. These embodied simulations, as they're called, are what makes it possible for us to become better baseball players by merely visualizing a well-executed swing; what allows us to remember which cupboard the diapers are in without looking, and what makes it so hard to talk on a cell phone while we're driving on the highway. In understanding language, our brains engage in a creative process of constructing rich mental worlds in which we see, hear, feel, and act. Through whimsical examples and ingenious experiments, Bergen leads us on a virtual tour of the new science of embodied cognition. Whether it's brusque, convincing, fraught with emotion, or dripping with innuendo, language is funda

fascinating and rich with experimental examples Michael Ian Cohen Great book for anyone interested in linguistics and the way humans process language. Bergen provides over 200 experimental examples to illustrate his claims. It would have been helpful if Bergen had more frequently taken his readers a step back to discuss some of the wider, conceptual implications of thi. "I felt very comfortable with the illustrations within the text to ensure the" according to Madone. This author explains things in an incredible way, simple. There are always mnemonic tools we use every day and don't even know it. Without being supereogatory, his message (lessons) about meaning come through 'Loud and Clear' (no pun intended). I felt very comfortable with the illustrations within the te. The book that brings neuro-linguistic programmings practice closer to cognitive linguistic science Lucas Derks In clinical work, it became clear that, people create images, feelings, sounds, smels and tastes while speaking and listening. Embodied Simulation provides us with the meaning of language. However, scientific proof is often a long way off from the systematic support for a theory from therapeutic practice