1. Marco Fenici Rühr Universität Bochum Embodied Language New College, Oxford, September 28 th, 2011

2. Embodied Cognition Theory of Mind Language

3. False Belief Test (Baron-Cohen, Leslie, & Frith, 1985)

4. Embodiment & late Social Understanding Embodied Mind Relevance of affective and effective systems Modal input ToM module (Baron-Cohen, 1994) Central cognition Amodal input

5. Study Age (mos) MethodTest Induced Belief Onishi & Baillargeon (2005) 15VoELCVisual Surian, Sperber, & Caldi (2007) 13VoELCVisual Southgate, Senju, & Csibra (2007) 25ALLCVisual Buttelmann, Carpenter, & Tomasello (2009) 18ARLCVisual Scott & Baillargeon (2009) 18VoEICVisual Song, Onishi, Baillargeon, & Fisher (2008) 18 VoE LC Commu- nication Song & Baillargeon (2008) 15VoEIC Visual/ deduction Träuble, Marinovic, & Pauen (2010) 15VoELC Visual/ Tactile Knudsen (sub.)12ARICTactile LC = Location Change IC = Identity Change AR = Active Reaction VoE = Violation of Expectancy AL = Anticipatory Looking

6. Embodiment & early Social Cognition Early social cognitive abilities Fast developping ToM module Specific neural system activated by Multimodal input amodal input

7. Embodied Cognition Theory of Mind Language

8. 1. She said she found a monster under her chair, but [second picture] it was really the neighbors dog. What did she say? 2. He thought he found his ring, but [second picture] it was really a bottle cap. What did he think? Test for Complements (de Villiers & Pyers, 2002)

9. Embodiment & Syntax Acquisition Embodied Mind Relevance of affective and effective systems Modal input de Villiers Syntax as an autonomous representational level

12. Vygotsky Zone of Proximal Development Social Embedding Naïve Participation

13. (Wertsch, 1979)

14. Evidence Conversation involving mental discourse Frequency of mental terms Psychological discourse (Turnbull, Carpendale, & Racine, 2008) Quality of parental conversation Elabourative discourse (Ontai & Thompson, 2008) Connectedness (Ensor & Hughes, 2008) Syntax acquisition de Villiers & Pyers, 2002; de Villiers, 2005 Training studies (Hale & Tager-Flusberg, 2003) Comparative studies (Schick, de Villiers, de Villiers, & Hoffmeister, 2007) Prediction vs. Explanation Bartsch & Wellman (1989), Bartsch, Campbell, & Troseth (2007)

15. Future issues explanations vs. predictions Training studies Vygotskian studies

16. Summary

17. Embodied Mind Cognition = Action + Perception Enactivism Situated Mind Cognition = Mind + Environment Early Social Cognitive Abilities Mature Social Understanding

18. Thank you for your attention