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Symbolic Thought

Symbolic Thought is a cognitive process within the domain of symbolic representation that enables the mental use of symbols to represent objects, actions, or abstract ideas, distinguishing it from nonsymbolic or indexical forms of thought by its reliance on arbitrary, culturally mediated sign systems.

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512

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240

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2017–2026

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311

Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method

Steve Bruce, Herbert Blumer · British Journal of Sociology · 1988 · 2.8K citations

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Conceptual spaces: the geometry of thought

Choice Reviews Online · 2000 · 1.7K citations

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<b>Symbol formation:</b> An organismic-developmental approach to language and the expression of thought. By Heinz Werner and Bernard Kaplan, Pp. xiii, 530. New York, London, Sydney: John Wiley &amp; Sons, Inc., 1963.

Jerry A. Fodor · Language · 1964 · 733 citations

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Situated Action: A Symbolic Interpretation

Alonso Vera, Herbert A. Simon · Cognitive Science · 1993 · 629 citations

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Symbolic psycho-logic: A model of attitudinal cognition

Robert P. Abelson, Milton J. Rosenberg · Systems Research and Behavioral Science · 2007 · 584 citations

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Authors

512

  1. JS
    Judy S. DeLoache

    University of Virginia, United States

    9 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. ML
    Melissa L. Allen

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 99 citations

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  3. CH
    Calum Hartley

    Lancaster University, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 105 citations

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  4. HT
    Harry T. Hunt

    Brock University, Canada

    3 publications · 94 citations

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  5. MB
    Margery B. Franklin

    Sarah Lawrence College, United States

    3 publications · 216 citations

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Institutions

240

  1. Lancaster University

    Lancaster, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    285 citations

  2. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1K citations

  3. Brock University

    Saint Catharines, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    110 citations

  4. University of Virginia

    Charlottesville, United States

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    298 citations

  5. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    1.3K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    427 citations

  7. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    359 citations

  8. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    148 citations

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Venues

  1. Child Development

    9 publications · 1K citations

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  2. Symbolic Interaction

    8 publications · 409 citations

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  3. Journal of Cognition and Development

    5 publications · 165 citations

    5

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  4. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association

    JAPA · 5 publications · 294 citations

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  5. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 5 publications · 2.4K citations

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