The Neural Mind The Neural Mind George Lakoff

The Neural Mind

Understanding How the Brain Creates Thought

by George Lakoff

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About This Book

The Neural Mind (2025) offers an integrated framework for understanding human thought that shows how abstract reasoning originates in the neural pathways designed for physical sensation, motor control, and bodily engagement with our environment. Drawing on decades of findings across neuroscience, cognitive linguistics, and computational research, the work establishes that metaphor serves as the core mechanism through which brains generate meaning.

Who Should Read This?

  • Educators, instructional designers, and learners seeking to apply embodied cognition principles to teaching
  • Intellectually curious individuals drawn to transformative research that upends conventional wisdom
  • People exploring connections between physical sensation and the development of language, reasoning, and learning

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