RTG Situated Cognition

Overview:

In this cooperative interdisciplinary DFG-funded Research Training Group (2017-2026) between Osnabrück University and Ruhr-Universität Bochum, we at the Institute of Philosophy investigate the extent to which language comprehension is a situated (especially embodied) process and the extent to which language can serve as a kind of cognitive scaffold to support various cognitive processes. We are also currently investigating the role of language in the psychiatric context, particularly in cases of depersonalization.

Prof. Dr. phil. Nikola Kompa

Albrechtstraße 28a
49076 Osnabrück

Room: 69/107
Phone: +49 541 969-7109
nikola.kompa@uni-osnabrueck.de

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Activities:

https://situated-cognition.com/

Publications (selection):

Kompa, N. (2024). Language, Cognition, and the Way We Think. Bloomsbury Academic, London / New York / Dublin(Mind-Meaning-Metaphysics series, series editors: J Brandl; C. Gauker; M. Kölbel; M. Textor).
Kompa, N. (2021). Language and Embodiment - or the cognitive benefits of abstract representations. Mind & Language 36, 27-47 (online first 2019). DOI: 10.1111/mila.12266
Kompa, N. / Mueller, J. (2020). How Abstract (Non-embodied) Linguistic Representations Augment Cognitive Control. Frontiers in Psychology 11:1597. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg. 2020.01597. LINK
Kompa, N. (2017). The Myth of Embodied Metaphor. Croatian Journal of Philosophy Vol. XVII, No. 50, 89-104 (Conference Proceedings).
Angerer, B. 2024. Representational Change and the Use of Metaphors in Problem Solving: The Winding Roots of Understanding (Explorations in Cognitive Psychology). Routledge.
Fanti Rovetta, F. 2024. Voicing Identities: The Uses of Inner Speech for Self-Understanding, De Gruyter.