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Recent Articles

Dutriaux, L., Clark, N., Papies, E.K., Scheepers, C., & Barsalou, L.W. (in press). The Situated Assessment Method (SAM²): Establishing individual differences in habitual behavior. PLoS ONE, 18(6): e0286954. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0286954.

Barsalou, L.W. (2023). Implications of grounded cognition for conceptual processing across cultures. Topics in Cognitive Science. Online publication.

Taylor Browne Lūka, C., Hendry, K., Dutriaux, L., Stevenson, J. L., & Barsalou, L. (2023). Developing and evaluating a situated assessment instrument for trichotillomania: The SAM² TAI. PsyArXiv preprint.

Taylor Browne Lūka, C., Iswaraan, B., & Barsalou, L.W. (2023). Developing the Situated Assessment Method (SAM²) to assess social connectedness and social support. PsyArXiv preprint.

Taylor Browne Lūka, C., & Barsalou, L. (2023). Using the Situated Assessment Method (SAM²) to measure social connectedness, social support, and loneliness before and during COVID-19. PsyArXiv preprint.

Werner, J., Kloidt, J., & Barsalou, L.W. (2022). Assessing individual motivation for consuming diverse food groups over a two-week period. PsyArXiv preprint.

Werner, J., Papies, E.K., Gelibter, E., & Barsalou, L.W. (2022. Why do you eat? Establishing individual consumption motives and their stability across eating situations. PsyArXiv preprint.

Werner, J., Papies, E.K., Best, M., Scheepers, C., & Barsalou, L.W. (2022). Habit, health, and socialising: New insights into diverse motives for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage consumption. PsyArXiv preprint.

Papies, E.K, Barsalou, L.W., Claassen, M.A., Davis, T., Farrar, S.T., Gauthier, E., Rodger, A., Tatar, B., Wehbe, L.H., & Werner, J. (2022, in press). Grounding motivation for behaviour change. In B. Gawronski (Ed.), Advances in Experimental Social Psychology (Vol. 65). San Diego: Academic Press.

Dutriaux, L., Papies, E.K., Fallon, J., Garcia-Marques, L., & Barsalou, L.W. (2021). Incidental exposure to hedonic and healthy food features affects food preferences one day later. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications. Open-access online publication.

Barsalou, L.W. (2021). Brunswickian themes in grounded cognition. Brunswik Society Newsletter, 36, 11-13. ISSN 2296-9926.

Barsalou, L.W. (2021). Categories at the interface of cognition and action. In Mauri, C., Fiorentini, I., & Goria, E. (Eds). Building Categories in Interaction: Linguistic Resources at Work. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Valencia, G.N., Khoo, S., Wong, T., Ta, J., Hou, B., Barsalou, L.W., Hazen, K., Huey, H.L., Shuo, W., Brefczynki-Lewis, J.A., Frum, C.A., & Lewis, J.A. (2021). Chinese-English bilinguals show linguistic-perceptual links in the brain associating short spoken phrases with corresponding real-world natural action sounds by semantic category. Language, Cognition, and Neuroscience. Online publication.

Papies, E.K., Barsalou, L.W., & Rusz. (2020). Understanding desire for food and drink: A grounded-cognition approach. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29, 193-198.

Barsalou, L.W. (2020). Challenges and opportunities for grounding cognition. Journal of Cognition. 3(1): 31, 1–24.

Borghi, A., & Barsalou, L.W. (2020). Perspective in the conceptualization of categories. Psychological Research. Online publication 2019.

Barsalou, L.W. (2019). Establishing generalizable mechanisms. Psychological Inquiry, 30, 220-230.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C. D., Henriques, A., Barsalou, L. W., & Barrett, L. F. (2019). Primary interoceptive cortex activity during simulated experiences of the body. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 31, 221-235./Online_Articles/2018-Wilson-Mendenhall_et_al-JOCN-interoceptive_cortex.pdf

Lebois, L.A.M., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Simmons, W.K., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2020). Learning situated emotions. Neuropsychologia, 145, 106637.

Estes, Z., & Barsalou, L.W. (2018). A comprehensive meta-analysis of spatial interference from linguistic cues: Beyond Petrova et al. (2018). Psychological Science, 29, 1558-1564. Supplemental Materials.

Best, M., Barsalou, L.W., & Papies, E.K. (2018). Studying human eating behaviour in the laboratory: Theoretical considerations and practical suggestions. Appetite, 130, 339-343.

Barsalou, L.W., Dutriaux, L., & Scheepers, C. (2018). Moving beyond the distinction between concrete and abstract concepts. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 373, 20170144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2017.0144.

Matheson, H.E., & Barsalou, L.W. (2018). Embodiment and grounding in cognitive neuroscience. In Wixted, J., Phelps, E., Davachi, L., Serences, J., Ghetti, S., Thompson-Schill, S. & Wagenmakers, E.J. (Eds.), The Stevens’ Handbook of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience, 4^th edition, (Volume 3, 1-32). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Online publication.

Papies, E.K., Best, M., Gelibter, E., & Barsalou, L.W. (2017). The role of simulations in consumer experiences and behavior: Insights from the grounded cognition theory of desire. Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, 2, 402-418.

Barsalou, L.W. (2017). Classification systems offer a microcosm of issues in conceptual processing: A commentary on Kemmerer (2016). Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 32, 438-443.

Barsalou, L.W. (2017). Define design thinking. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, 3, 102-105.

Barsalou, L.W. (2017). What does semantic tiling of the cortex tell us about semantics? Neuropsychologia, 105, 18-38.

Barsalou, L.W. (2017). Cognitively plausible theories of concept composition. In Y. Winter & J. A. Hampton (Eds.), Compositionality and concepts in linguistics and psychology (pp. 9-30). London: Springer Publishing.

Barsalou, L.W. (2017). Understanding contemplative practices from the perspective of dual-process theories. In J.C. Karremans & E.K. Papies (Eds.), Mindfulness in social psychology (pp. 30-49). Hove, UK: Psychology Press.

Bauer-Wu, S., Butler, A.J., Rajendra, J.K., Whitworth, R., Pagnoni, G., Hasenkamp, W., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Lebois, L.A.M., Drucker, J.H., Simmons, W.K., Dunne, J.D., Ozawa-de Silva, B., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2017). Experienced meditators, cancer survivors, and matched controls assemble different neural resources to process emotion. MindRxiv, DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/V9HNE.

Chen, J., Papies, E.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2016). A core eating network and its modulations underlie diverse eating phenomena. Brain and Cognition, 110, 20-42.

Barsalou, L.W. (2016). On staying grounded and avoiding Quixotic dead ends. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23, 1122-1142.

Lebois, L.A.M., Hertzog, C., Slavich, G.M., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2016). Establishing the situated features associated with perceived stress. Acta Psychologica, 169, 119-132. Supplemental Materials.

Barsalou, L.W. (2016). Can cognition be reduced to action? Processes that mediate stimuli and responses make human action possible. In A. K. Engel, K. J. Friston, & D. Kragic (Eds.), Where’s the action? The pragmatic turn in cognitive science (Strüngmann Forum Reports, Vol. 18, pp. 81-96, J. Lupp, Series Ed.). Cambridge, MA. MIT Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (2016). Situated conceptualization offers a theoretical account of social priming. Current Opinion in Psychology, 12, 6-11.

Barsalou, L.W. (2016). Situated conceptualization: Theory and applications. In Y. Coello & M. H. Fischer (Eds.), Foundations of embodied cognition, Volume 1: Perceptual and emotional embodiment (pp. 11-37). East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.

Tincher, M.M., Lebois, L.A.M., & Barsalou, L.W. (2016). Mindful attention reduces linguistic intergroup bias. Mindfulness, 7, 349-360. Supplemental Materials.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., & Barsalou, L.W. (2016). A fundamental role for conceptual processing in emotion. In L.F. Barrett, M. Lewis, & J.M. Haviland-Jones (Eds.), Handbook of Emotions (4^th ed., pp 547-563). New York: Guilford Press

Lebois, L.A.M., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., & Barsalou, L.W. (2015). Are automatic conceptual cores the gold standard of semantic processing? The context-dependence of spatial meaning in grounded congruency effects. Cognitive Science, 39, 1764-1801.

Lebois, L.A.M., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., & Barsalou, L.W. (2015). Putting everything in context. Cognitive Science, 39, 1987-1995.

Papies, E.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2015). Grounding desire and motivated behavior: A theoretical framework and review of empirical evidence. In W. Hofmann & L.F. Nordgren (Eds.), The psychology of desire (pp. 36-60). New York: Guilford Press.

Lebois, L.A.M, Papies, E.K., Gopinath, K., Cabanban, R., Quigley, K.S., Krishnamurthy, V., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2015). A shift in perspective: Decentering through mindful attention to imagined stressful events. Neuropsychologia, 75, 505-524. Supplemental Materials.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2015). Variety in emotional life: Within-category typicality of emotional experiences is associated with neural activity in large-scale brain networks. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10, 62-71.

Papies, E.K., Pronk, T.M., Keesman, M., & Barsalou, L.W. (2015). The benefits of simply observing: Mindful attention modulates the link between motivation and behavior. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 148-170.

Barrett, L.F., Wilson-Mendenthall, C.D., & Barsalou, L.W. (2015). The conceptual act theory: A road map. In L.F. Barrett & J.A. Russell (Eds.), The psychological construction of emotion (pp. 83-110). New York: Guilford.

Barrett, L. F., Wilson-Mendenhall, C. D., & Barsalou, L. W. (2014). A psychological construction account of emotion regulation and dysregulation: The role of situated conceptualizations. In J.J. Gross (Ed.), The Handbook of Emotion Regulation (2nd Ed, pp. 447-465). New York: Guilford.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Simmons, W.K., Martin, A., & Barsalou, L.W. (2013). Contextual processing of abstract concepts reveals neural representations of non-linguistic semantic content. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 25, 920-935.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2013). Situating emotional experience. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(164), 1-16.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2013). Neural evidence that human emotions share core affective properties. Psychological Science, 24, 947-956.

Barsalou, L.W. (2013). Mirroring as pattern completion inferences within situated conceptualizations. Cortex, 49, 2951-2953.

Kiefer, M., & Barsalou, L.W. (2013). Grounding the human conceptual system in perception, action, and internal states. In W. Prinz, Miriam Beisert, & Arvid Herwig (Eds.), Action science: Foundations of an emerging discipline (pp. 381-407). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Pezzulo, G., Barsalou, L.W., Cangelosi, A., Fischer, M.A., McRae, K., Spivey, M. (2013). Computational grounded cognition: A new alliance between grounded cognition and computational modeling. Frontiers in Psychology, 3(612), 1-11.

Barsalou, L.W. (2012). The human conceptual system. In M. Spivey, K. McRae, & M. Joanisse (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of psycholinguistics (pp. 239-258). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Papies, E.K., Barsalou, L.W., & Custers, R. (2012). Mindful attention prevents mindless impulses. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 291-299.

Hasenkamp, W., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Duncan, E., & Barsalou, L.W. (2012). Mind wandering and attention during focused meditation: A fine-grained temporal analysis of fluctuating cognitive states. NeuroImage, 59, 750-760. Supplemental Materials.

Hasenkamp, W., & Barsalou, L.W. (2012). Effects of meditation experience on functional connectivity of distributed brain networks. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6(38), 1-14.

Gendron, M., Lindquist, K.A., Barsalou, L.W., & Barrett, L.F. (2012). Emotion words shape emotion percepts. Emotion, 12, 314-325.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Barrett, L.F., Simmons, W.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2011). Grounding emotion in situated conceptualization. Neuropsychologia, 49, 1105-1127. Supplemental Materials.

Santos, A., Chaigneau, S.E., Simmons, W.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2011). Property generation reflects word association and situated simulation. Language and Cognition, 3, 83-119.

Barsalou, L.W. (2011). Integrating Bayesian analysis and mechanistic theories in grounded cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34, 191-192.

Pezzulo, G., Barsalou, L.W., Cangelosi, A., Fischer, M.A., McRae, K., Spivey, M. (2011). The mechanics of embodiment: A dialogue on embodiment and computational modeling. Frontiers in Cognition, 2(5), 1-21.

Barsalou, L.W., Wilson, C.D., & Hasenkamp. (2010). On the vices of nominalization and the virtues of contextualizing. In B. Mesquita, L. Feldman Barrett, & E. Smith (Eds.), The mind in context (pp. 334-360). New York: Guilford Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (2010). Grounded cognition: Past, present, and future. Topics in Cognitive Science, 2, 716-724.

Emotion, Stress, Wellbeing, Mental Health

Taylor Browne Lūka, C., Iswaraan, B., & Barsalou, L.W. (2023). Developing the Situated Assessment Method (SAM²) to assess social connectedness and social support. PsyArXiv preprint.

Lebois, L.A.M., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Simmons, W.K., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2020). Learning situated emotions. Neuropsychologia, 145, 106637.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2013). Situating emotional experience. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(164), 1-16.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2013). Neural evidence that human emotions share core affective properties. Psychological Science, 24, 947-956.

Gendron, M., Lindquist, K.A., Barsalou, L.W., & Barrett, L.F. (2012). Emotion words shape emotion percepts. Emotion, 12, 314-325.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Barrett, L.F., Simmons, W.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2011). Grounding emotion in situated conceptualization. Neuropsychologia, 49, 1105-1127. Supplemental Materials.

Niedenthal, P.M., Barsalou, L.W., Winkielman, P., Krauth-Gruber, S., & Ric, F. (2005). Embodiment in attitudes, social perception, and emotion. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 9, 184-211.

Niedenthal, P.M., Barsalou, L.W., Ric, F., & Krauth-Gruber, S. (2005). Embodiment in the acquisition and use of emotion knowledge. In L. Feldman Barrett, P.M. Niedenthal, & P. Winkielman (Eds.), Emotion and consciousness (pp. 21-50). New York: Guilford.

Barsalou, L.W., Niedenthal, P.M., Barbey, A., & Ruppert, J. (2003). Social embodiment. In B. Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 43, pp. 43-92). San Diego: Academic Press.

Contemplative Science

Tincher, M.M., Lebois, L.A.M., & Barsalou, L.W. (2016). Mindful attention reduces linguistic intergroup bias. Mindfulness, 7, 349-360. Supplemental Materials.

Papies, E.K., Barsalou, L.W., & Custers, R. (2012). Mindful attention prevents mindless impulses. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 291-299.

Hasenkamp, W., & Barsalou, L.W. (2012). Effects of meditation experience on functional connectivity of distributed brain networks. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, 1-14.

Abstract Concepts

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Barrett, L.F., Simmons, W.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2011). Grounding emotion in situated conceptualization. Neuropsychologia, 49, 1105-1127. Supplemental Materials.

Barsalou, L.W., Santos, A., Simmons, W.K., & Wilson, C.D. (2008). Language and simulation in conceptual processing. In M. De Vega, A.M. Glenberg, & A.C. Graesser, A. (Eds.). Symbols, embodiment, and meaning (pp. 245-283). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Barsalou, L.W., & Wiemer-Hastings, K. (2005). Situating abstract concepts. In D. Pecher and R. Zwaan (Eds.), Grounding cognition: The role of perception and action in memory, language, and thought (pp. 129-163) . New York: Cambridge University Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (1999). Perceptual symbol systems. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 577-660.

Food Concepts and Eating

Werner, J., Kloidt, J., & Barsalou, L.W. (2022). Assessing individual motivation for consuming diverse food groups over a two-week period. PsyArXiv preprint.

Werner, J., Papies, E.K., Gelibter, E., & Barsalou, L.W. (2022. Why do you eat? Establishing individual consumption motives and their stability across eating situations. PsyArXiv preprint.

Papies, E.K., Barsalou, L.W., & Rusz. (2020). Understanding desire for food and drink: A grounded-cognition approach. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 29, 193-198.

Best, M., Barsalou, L.W., & Papies, E.K. (2018). Studying human eating behaviour in the laboratory: Theoretical considerations and practical suggestions. Appetite, 130, 339-343.

Chen, J., Papies, E.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2016). A core eating network and its modulations underlie diverse eating phenomena. Brain and Cognition.

Papies, E.K., Barsalou, L.W., & Custers, R. (2012). Mindful attention prevents mindless impulses. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3, 291-299.

Simmons, W.K., Martin, A., & Barsalou, L.W. (2005). Pictures of appetizing foods activate gustatory cortices for taste and reward. Cerebral Cortex, 15, 1602-1608.

Grounding the Cognitive System in the Brain’s Modal Systems

Theory

Barsalou, L.W. (2023). Implications of grounded cognition for conceptual processing across cultures. Topics in Cognitive Science. Online publication.

Barsalou, L.W. (2021). Brunswickian themes in grounded cognition. Brunswik Society Newsletter, 36, 11-13. ISSN 2296-9926.

Barsalou, L.W. (2020). Challenges and opportunities for grounding cognition. Journal of Cognition. 3(1): 31, 1–24.

Barsalou, L.W. (2016). On staying grounded and avoiding Quixotic dead ends. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 23, 1122-1142.

Barsalou, L.W. (2013). Mirroring as pattern completion inferences within situated conceptualizations. Cortex, 49, 2951-2953.

Barsalou, L.W. (2012). The human conceptual system. In M. Spivey, K. McRae, & M. Joanisse (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of psycholinguistics (pp. 239-258). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (2011). Integrating Bayesian analysis and mechanistic theories in grounded cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34, 191-192.

Barsalou, L.W. (2009). Simulation, situated conceptualization, and prediction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 364, 1281-1289.

Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Cognitive and neural contributions to understanding the conceptual system. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 91-95.

Barsalou, L.W. (2005). Continuity of the conceptual system across species. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 309-311.

Barsalou, L.W. (2005). Abstraction as dynamic interpretation in perceptual symbol systems. In L. Gershkoff-Stowe & D. Rakison (Eds.), Building object categories (389-431). Carnegie Symposium Series. Majwah, NJ: Erlbaum. [Note: this paper offers slightly more theoretical detail than the paper immediately below, and also applies the theory to a wider variety of phenomena at the end.]

Barsalou, L.W. (2003). Abstraction in perceptual symbol systems. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 358, 1177-1187.

Simmons, K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2003). The similarity-in-topography principle: Reconciling theories of conceptual deficits. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 20, 451-486. [Reprinted in A. Martin & A. Caramazza (Eds.), The organisation of conceptual knowledge in the brain: Neuropsychological and neuroimaging perspectives (pp. 451-486). East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.].

Prinz, J.J., & Barsalou, L.W. (2000). Steering a course for embodied representation. In E. Dietrich & A. Markman (Eds.), Cognitive dynamics: Conceptual change in humans and machines (51-77). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (1999). Perceptual symbol systems. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 577-660.

Barsalou, L.W., & Prinz, J.J. (1997). Mundane creativity in perceptual symbol systems. In T.B. Ward, S.M. Smith, & J. Vaid (Eds.), Creative thought: An investigation of conceptual structures and processes (pp. 267-307). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Barsalou, L.W., Yeh, W., Luka, B.J., Olseth, K.L., Mix, K.S., & Wu, L. (1993). Concepts and meaning. In K. Beals, G. Cooke, D. Kathman, K.E. McCullough, S. Kita, & D. Testen (Eds.), Chicago Linguistics Society 29: Papers from the parasession on conceptual representations (pp. 23-61). University of Chicago: Chicago Linguistics Society.

Barsalou, L.W. (1993). Flexibility, structure, and linguistic vagary in concepts: Manifestations of a compositional system of perceptual symbols. In A.C. Collins, S.E. Gathercole, & M.A. Conway (Eds.), Theories of memory (pp. 29-101). London: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Reviews of Empirical Literature

Estes, Z., & Barsalou, L.W. (2018). A comprehensive meta-analysis of spatial interference from linguistic cues: Beyond Petrova et al. (2018). Psychological Science, 29, 1558-1564. Supplemental Materials.

Chen, J., Papies, E.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2016). A core eating network and its modulations underlie diverse eating phenomena. Brain and Cognition, 110, 20-42.

Barsalou, L.W. (2010). Grounded cognition: Past, present, and future. Topics in Cognitive Science, 2, 716-724.

Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Grounded cognition. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 617-645.

Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Grounding symbolic operations in the brain’s modal systems. In G.R. Semin & E.R. Smith (Eds.), Embodied grounding: Social, cognitive, affective, and neuroscientific approaches (pp. 9-42). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Barsalou, L.W., Pecher, D., Zeelenberg, R., Simmons, W.K., & Hamann, S.B. (2005). Multi-modal simulation in conceptual processing. In W. Ahn, R. Goldstone, B. Love, A. Markman, & P. Wolff (Eds.), Categorization inside and outside the lab: Essays in honor of Douglas L. Medin (pp. 249-270) . Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Barsalou, L.W. (2003). Situated simulation in the human conceptual system. Language and Cognitive Processes, 18, 513-562.[Reprinted in H. Moss & J. Hampton, Conceptual representation (pp. 513-566). East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.]

Barsalou, L.W., Simmons, W.K., Barbey, A., & Wilson, C.D. (2003). Grounding conceptual knowledge in modality-specific systems. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 7, 84-91.

Goldstone, R., & Barsalou, L.W. (1998). Reuniting perception and conception. Cognition, 65, 231-262.

Barsalou, L.W., Solomon, K.O., & Wu, L.L. (1999). Perceptual simulation in conceptual tasks. In M.K. Hiraga, C. Sinha, & S. Wilcox (Eds.), Cultural, typological, and psychological perspectives in cognitive linguistics: The proceedings of the 4th conference of the International Cognitive Linguistics Association, Vol. 3 (209-228). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

Empirical Reports

Borghi, A., & Barsalou, L.W. (2020). Perspective in the conceptualization of categories. Psychological Research. Online publication 2019.

Lebois, L.A.M., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., & Barsalou, L.W. (2015). Putting everything in context. Cognitive Science, 39, 1987-1995.

Wu, L.L, & Barsalou, L.W. (2009). Perceptual simulation in conceptual combination: Evidence from property generation. Acta Psychologica, 132, 173-189.

Simmons, W.K., Hamann, S.B., Harenski, C.N., Hu, X.P., & Barsalou, L.W. (2008). fMRI evidence for word association and situated simulation in conceptual processing. Journal of Physiology – Paris, 102, 106-119.

van Dantzig, S., Pecher, D., Zeelenberg, R., & Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Perceptual processing affects conceptual processing. Cognitive Science, 32, 579-590.

Estes, Z., Verges, M., & Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Head up, foot down: Object words orient attention to the object’s typical location. Psychological Science, 19, 93-97.

Simmons, W.K., Ramjee, V., Beauchamp, M.S., McRae, K., Martin, A., & Barsalou, L.W. (2007). A common neural substrate for perceiving and knowing about color. Neuropsychologia, 45, 2802-2810.

Simmons, W.K., Martin, A., & Barsalou, L.W. (2005). Pictures of appetizing foods activate gustatory cortices for taste and reward. Cerebral Cortex, 15, 1602-1608.

Solomon, K.O., & Barsalou, L.W. (2004). Perceptual simulation in property verification. Memory & Cognition, 32, 244-259.

Pecher, D., Zeelenberg, R., & Barsalou, L.W. (2004). Sensorimotor simulations underlie conceptual representations: Modality-specific effects of prior activation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 164-167.

Pecher, D., Zeelenberg, R., & Barsalou, L.W. (2003). Verifying properties from different modalities for concepts produces switching costs. Psychological Science, 14, 119-124.

Kan, I.P., Barsalou, L.W., Solomon, K.O., Minor, J.K., & Thompson-Schill, S.L. (2003). Role of mental imagery in a property verification task: fMRI evidence for perceptual representations of conceptual knowledge. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 20, 525-540. [Reprinted in A. Martin & A. Caramazza (Eds.), The organisation of conceptual knowledge in the brain: Neuropsychological and neuroimaging perspectives (pp. 525-540). East Sussex, UK: Psychology Press.]

Richardson, D.C., Spivey, M.J., Barsalou, L.W., & McRae, K. (2003). Spatial representations activated during real-time comprehension of verbs. Cognitive Science, 27, 767-780.

Solomon, K.O., & Barsalou, L.W. (2001). Representing properties locally. Cognitive Psychology, 43, 129-169.

Language and Simulation

Santos, A., Chaigneau, S.E., Simmons, W.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2011). Property generation reflects word association and situated simulation. Language and Cognition, 3, 83-119.

Solomon, K.O., & Barsalou, L.W. (2004). Perceptual simulation in property verification. Memory & Cognition, 32, 244-259.

The Situated Nature of the Cognitive System

Theory and Reviews of Empirical Literature

Barsalou, L.W. (2020). Challenges and opportunities for grounding cognition. Journal of Cognition. 3(1): 31, 1–24.

Barsalou, L.W. (2019). Establishing generalizable mechanisms. Psychological Inquiry, 30, 220-230.

Barsalou, L.W. (2016). Situated conceptualization offers a theoretical account of social priming. Current Opinion in Psychology, 12, 6-11.

Barsalou, L.W. (2013). Mirroring as pattern completion inferences within situated conceptualizations. Cortex, 49, 2951-2953.

Barsalou, L.W. (2011). Integrating Bayesian analysis and mechanistic theories in grounded cognition. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 34, 191-192.

Barsalou, L.W. (2009). Simulation, situated conceptualization, and prediction. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences, 364, 1281-1289.

Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Situating concepts. In P. Robbins & M. Aydede (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of situated cognition (pp. 236-263). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Grounded cognition. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 617-645.

Barsalou, L.W., Breazeal, C., & Smith, L.B. (2007). Cognition as coordinated non-cognition. Cognitive Processing, 8, 79-91.

Yeh, W., & Barsalou, L.W. (2006). The situated nature of concepts. American Journal of Psychology, 119, 349-384.

Barsalou, L.W. (2005). Continuity of the conceptual system across species. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 9, 309-311.

Barsalou, L.W. (2005). Situated conceptualization. In H. Cohen & C. Lefebvre (Eds.), Handbook of categorization in cognitive science (pp. 619-650). St. Louis: Elsevier.

Barsalou, L.W., Niedenthal, P.M., Barbey, A., & Ruppert, J. (2003). Social embodiment. In B. Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 43, pp. 43-92). San Diego: Academic Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (2002). Being there conceptually: Simulating categories in preparation for situated action. In N.L. Stein, P.J. Bauer, & M. Rabinowitz (Eds.), Representation, memory, and development: Essays in honor of Jean Mandler (pp. 1-19). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Barsalou, L.W. (1999). Language comprehension: Archival memory or preparation for situated action? Discourse Processes, 28, 61-80.

Empirical Reports

Taylor Browne Lūka, C., Iswaraan, B., & Barsalou, L.W. (2023). Developing the Situated Assessment Method (SAM²) to assess social connectedness and social support. PsyArXiv preprint.

Borghi, A., & Barsalou, L.W. (2020). Perspective in the conceptualization of categories. Psychological Research. Online publication 2019.

Lebois, L.A.M., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Simmons, W.K., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2020). Learning situated emotions. Neuropsychologia, 145, 106637.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Barrett, L.F., & Barsalou, L.W. (2013). Situating emotional experience. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(164), 1-16.

Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., Barrett, L.F., Simmons, W.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2011). Grounding emotion in situated conceptualization. Neuropsychologia, 49, 1105-1127. Supplemental Materials.

Wu, L.L, & Barsalou, L.W. (2009). Perceptual simulation in conceptual combination: Evidence from property generation. Acta Psychologica, 132, 173-189.

Chaigneau, S.E., Barsalou, L.W., & Zamani, M. (2009). Situational information contributes to object categorization and inference. Acta Psychologica, 130, 81-94.

Barsalou, L.W., & Wiemer-Hastings, K. (2005). Situating abstract concepts. In D. Pecher and R. Zwaan (Eds.), Grounding cognition: The role of perception and action in memory, language, and thought (pp. 129-163) . New York: Cambridge University Press.

Barsalou, L.W., & Sewell, D.R. (1984). Constructing representations of categories from different points of view. Emory Cognition Project Technical Report #2, Emory University.

Barsalou, L.W. (1983). Ad hoc categories. Memory & Cognition, 11, 211-227.

Barsalou, L.W. (1982). Context-independent and context-dependent information in concepts. Memory & Cognition, 10, 82-93.

Function

Theory and Reviews of Empirical Literature

Chaigneau, S.E., Barsalou, L.W. (2008). The role of function in categories. Theoria et Historia Scientiarum, 8, 33-51.

Barsalou, L.W., Sloman, S.A, & Chaigneau, S.E. (2005). The HIPE theory of function. In L. Carlson & E. van der Zee (Eds.), Representing functional features for language and space: Insights from perception, categorization and development ( pp. 131-147). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Empirical Reports

Chaigneau, S.E., Barsalou, L.W., & Zamani, M. (2009). Situational information contributes to object categorization and inference. Acta Psychologica, 130, 81-94.

Chaigneau, S.E., Barsalou, L.W., & Sloman, S. (2004). Assessing the causal structure of function. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 133, 601-625.

Hale, C.R., & Barsalou, L.W. (1995). Explanation content and construction during system learning and troubleshooting. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 4, 385-436.

Social and Cultural Processes

Barsalou, L.W. (2016). Situated conceptualization offers a theoretical account of social priming. Current Opinion in Psychology, 12, 6-11.

Parker, E.A., & Barsalou, L.W. (2007). Perspectiveless certainty in socio-cultural-political beliefs. In Òscar Vilarroya & Francesc Forn (Eds.), Social brain matters. Stances on the neurobiology of social cognition (pp. 59-67) . Amsterdam/New York: Editions Rodopi.

Niedenthal, P.M., Barsalou, L.W., Winkielman, P., Krauth-Gruber, S., & Ric, F. (2005). Embodiment in attitudes, social perception, and emotion. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 9, 184-211.

Barsalou, L.W., Barbey, A.K., Simmons, W.K., & Santos, A. (2005). Embodiment in religious knowledge. Journal of Cognition and Culture, 5, 14-57.

Barsalou, L.W., Niedenthal, P.M., Barbey, A., & Ruppert, J. (2003). Social embodiment. In B. Ross (Ed.), The Psychology of Learning and Motivation (Vol. 43, pp. 43-92). San Diego: Academic Press.

Ad Hoc Categories

Theory and Reviews of Empirical Literature

Barsalou, LW. Ad hoc categories. (2010). In P.C. Hogan (Ed.), The Cambridge encyclopedia of the language sciences (pp. 87-88). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (1999). Perceptual symbol systems. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 22, 577-660.

Barsalou, L.W. (1991). Deriving categories to achieve goals. In G.H. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation: Advances in research and theory (Vol. 27, pp. 1-64). San Diego, CA: Academic Press. [Reprinted in A. Ram & D. Leake (Eds.), Goal-driven learning (1995, pp. 121-176). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press/Bradford Books]

Empirical Reports

Ratneshwar, S., Barsalou, L.W., Pechmann, C., & Moore, M. (2001). Goal derived categories: The role of personal and situational goals in category representation. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 10, 147-157.

Barsalou, L.W. (1985). Ideals, central tendency, and frequency of instantiation as determinants of graded structure in categories. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 11, 629-654.

Barsalou, L.W. (1983). Ad hoc categories. Memory & Cognition, 11, 211-227.

The Dynamic Nature of Concepts

Theory and Reviews of Empirical Literature

Barsalou, L.W. (1989). Intraconcept similarity and its implications for interconcept similarity. In S. Vosniadou & A. Ortony (Eds.), Similarity and analogical reasoning (pp. 76-121). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (1987). The instability of graded structure: Implications for the nature of concepts. In U. Neisser (Ed.), Concepts and conceptual development: Ecological and intellectual factors in categorization (pp. 101-140). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Empirical Reports

Lebois, L.A.M., Wilson-Mendenhall, C.D., & Barsalou, L.W. (2015). Putting everything in context. Cognitive Science, 39, 1987-1995.

Barsalou, L.W., & Sewell, D.R. (1984). Constructing representations of categories from different points of view. Emory Cognition Project Technical Report #2, Emory University.

Barsalou, L.W. (1982). Context-independent and context-dependent information in concepts. Memory & Cognition, 10, 82-93.

Frames

Barsalou, L.W., & Hale, C.R. (1993). Components of conceptual representation: From feature lists to recursive frames. In I. Van Mechelen, J. Hampton, R. Michalski, & P. Theuns (Eds.), Categories and concepts: Theoretical views and inductive data analysis (97-144). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (1992). Frames, concepts, and conceptual fields. In E. Kittay & A. Lehrer (Eds.), Frames, fields, and contrasts: New essays in semantic and lexical organization (pp. 21-74). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Barsalou, L.W., & Billman, D. (1989). Systematicity and semantic ambiguity. In D. Gorfein (Ed.), Resolving semantic ambiguity (pp. 146-203). New York: Springer-Verlag.

The Conceptual System

Barsalou, L.W. (2017). Classification systems offer a microcosm of issues in conceptual processing: A commentary on Kemmerer (2016). Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 32, 438-443.

Barsalou, L.W. (2017). What does semantic tiling of the cortex tell us about semantics? Neuropsychologia, 105, 18-38.

Barsalou, L.W. (2012). The human conceptual system. In M. Spivey, K. McRae, & M. Joanisse (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of psycholinguistics (pp. 239-258). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Cognitive and neural contributions to understanding the conceptual system. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 17, 91-95.

Category Learning

Theory

Barsalou, L.W. (1995). Storage side effects: Studying processing to understand learning. In A. Ram & D. Leake (Eds.), Goal-driven learning (407-419). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press/Bradford Books.

Barsalou, L.W. (1990). On the indistinguishability of exemplar memory and abstraction in category representation. In T.K. Srull & R.S. Wyer (Eds.), Advances in social cognition, Volume III: Content and process specificity in the effects of prior experiences (pp. 61-88) Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Empirical Reports

Luka, B.J., & Barsalou, L.W. (2005). Structural facilitation: Mere exposure effects for grammatical acceptability as evidence for syntactic priming in comprehension. Journal of Memory and Language. 52, 436-459.

Barsalou, L.W., Huttenlocher, J., & Lamberts, K. (1998). Basing categorization on individuals and events. Cognitive Psychology, 36, 203-272.

Heit, E., & Barsalou, L.W. (1996). The instantiation principle in natural categories. Memory, 4, 413-451.

Barsalou, L.W., & Ross, B.H. (1986). The roles of automatic and strategic processing in sensitivity to superordinate and property frequency. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 12, 116-134.

Event Knowledge

Lancaster, J.S., & Barsalou, L.W. (1997). Multiple organisations of events in memory. Memory, 5, 569-599.

Hale, C.R., & Barsalou, L.W. (1995). Explanation content and construction during system learning and troubleshooting. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 4, 385-436.

Barsalou, L.W. (1988). The content and organization of autobiographical memories. In U. Neisser & E. Winograd (Eds.), Remembering reconsidered: Ecological and traditional approaches to the study of memory (pp. 193-243). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Barsalou, L.W., & Sewell, D.R. (1985). Contrasting the representation of scripts and categories. Journal of Memory and Language, 24, 646-665.

Other

Barsalou, L.W. (2017). Define design thinking. She Ji: The Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation, 3, 102-105.

Barsalou, L.W. (2010). Introduction to 30th anniversary perspectives on Cognitive Science: Past, present, and future. Topics in Cognitive Science, 2, 322-327.

Barbey, A.K., & Barsalou, L.W. (2009). Reasoning and problem solving: Models. In L. Squire (Ed.), Encyclopedia of neuroscience (pp. 35-43). Oxford: Academic Press.

Glushko, R.J., Maglio, P.P., Matlock, T., & Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Categorization in the wild. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 12, 129-135.

Loken, B., Barsalou, L.W., & Joiner, C. (2008). Categorization theory and research in consumer psychology: Category representation and category-based inference. In C.P. Haugtvedt, F. Kardes, & P. Herr (Eds.). Handbook of consumer psychology (pp. 133-163). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Barsalou, L.W. (2008). Representation and knowledge in long-term memory. In E.E. Smith & S.M. Kosslyn (Textbook authors). Cognitive psychology: Mind and brain (pp. 147-191). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.

Barsalou, L.W. (2007). Continuing themes in the study of human knowledge: Associations, imagery, propositions, and situations. In M.A. Gluck, J.R. Anderson,, & S.M. Kosslyn (Eds.). Memory and mind: A Festschrift for Gordon H. Bower (pp. 209-227). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Barsalou, L.W., & Smith, E.E. (1990). One pillar in the making of cognitive science. Review of W. Hirst (Ed.), The making of cognitive science, New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988. Contemporary Psychology, 35, 574-575.

Barsalou, L.W. & Bower, G.H. (1984). Discrimination nets as psychological models. Cognitive Science, 8, 1-26.

Rabinowitz, J.C., Mandler, G., & Barsalou, L.W. (1979). Generation-recognition as an auxiliary retrieval strategy. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 18, 57-72.

Rabinowitz, J.C., Mandler, G., & Barsalou, L.W. (1977). Recognition failure: Another case of retrieval failure. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 16, 639-663.

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