Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is previously the author of The Poetics of Mind and Understanding and Intentions in the Experience of Meaning. He is co-editor (with G. Steen) of Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics” and editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal, Metaphor and Symbol.

"As a neuroscientist, I found this book to be thorough and extremely helpful" Contemporary Psychology: APA REview of Books

• Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Bodies and persons; 3. Perception and action; 4. Concepts; 5. Imagery, memory, and reasoning; 6. Language and communication; 7. Cognitive development; 8. Emotion and consciousness; 9. Conclusion.

Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is previously the author of The Poetics of Mind and Understanding and Intentions in the Experience of Meaning. He is co-editor (with G. Steen) of Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics” and editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal, Metaphor and Symbol.

"As a neuroscientist, I found this book to be thorough and extremely helpful" Contemporary Psychology: APA REview of Books

• Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Bodies and persons; 3. Perception and action; 4. Concepts; 5. Imagery, memory, and reasoning; 6. Language and communication; 7. Cognitive development; 8. Emotion and consciousness; 9. Conclusion.

Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is previously the author of The Poetics of Mind and Understanding and Intentions in the Experience of Meaning. He is co-editor (with G. Steen) of Metaphor in Cognitive Linguistics” and editor of the Interdisciplinary Journal, Metaphor and Symbol.

"As a neuroscientist, I found this book to be thorough and extremely helpful" Contemporary Psychology: APA REview of Books

• Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Bodies and persons; 3. Perception and action; 4. Concepts; 5. Imagery, memory, and reasoning; 6. Language and communication; 7. Cognitive development; 8. Emotion and consciousness; 9. Conclusion.