Concepedia

Symbol Interpretation

Symbol Interpretation is a theoretical construct within symbol systems that specifies the cognitive and contextual mechanisms through which symbols are assigned and understood as meaningful representations relative to their associated referents, distinguishing it from mere symbol encoding or transmission by emphasizing the interpretive processes underlying meaning derivation.

225

Publications

10.8K

Citations

379

Authors

176

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

23

Parents

Publications

225

Perceptions of perceptual symbols

Lawrence W. Barsalou · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1999 · 615 citations

, , +16

Bootstrapping the Mind: Analogical Processes and Symbol Systems

Dedre Gentner · Cognitive Science · 2010 · 532 citations

, , +17

Ape Language: From Conditioned Response to Symbol

Francine Patterson, Charles H. Patterson, E. Sue Savage‐Rumbaugh · The American Journal of Psychology · 1988 · 511 citations

, , +15

Autism and symbolic play

Simon Baron‐Cohen · British Journal of Developmental Psychology · 1987 · 459 citations

, , +12

Abstraction in perceptual symbol systems

Lawrence W. Barsalou · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences · 2003 · 447 citations

, , +14

1–5 of 225

Authors

379

  1. MS
    Michael S. Wogalter

    North Carolina State University, United States

    6 publications · 253 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. SH
    Stevan Harnad

    University of Southampton, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 184 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. AC
    Angelo Cangelosi

    University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

    4 publications · 213 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. MA
    Mary Ann Romski

    Georgia State University, United States

    3 publications · 142 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. NI
    Nell Irvin Painter

    Princeton University, United States

    3 publications · 444 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 379

Institutions

176

  1. Emory University

    Atlanta, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    2.4K citations

  2. North Carolina State University

    Raleigh, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    267 citations

  3. Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety

    Hopkinton, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    224 citations

  4. University of Plymouth

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    243 citations

  5. Georgia State University

    Atlanta, United States

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    532 citations

  6. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    413 citations

  7. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    352 citations

  8. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    328 citations

1–8 of 176

Venues

  1. Child Development

    6 publications · 205 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. Augmentative and Alternative Communication

    AAC · 6 publications · 195 citations

    6

    h-index

  3. 5

    h-index

  4. 4

    h-index

  5. CogPrints (University of Southampton)

    Repository · 4 publications · 164 citations

    4

    h-index

1–5