2024
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1164836
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Motor strength as a feature of concepts and visual representations

Omid Khatin-Zadeh,
Jiehui Hu,
Danyal Farsani

Abstract: In this article, we define motor strength as the extent to which a concept is associated with body movements and the motor system that guides body movements. We extend this notion to one of the features of visual representations of some concepts and discuss the role of the motor system in understanding concepts and visual representations that have a significant degree of motor strength. It is suggested that when a concept is understood in its literal sense, the employment of the motor system and gestures in pr… Show more

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