Gün R. Semin is Academy Professor of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and of Utrecht University. Eliot R. Smith is Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Science, Indiana University, Bloomington.

• 1. Introducing embodied grounding G. R. Semin and E. R. Smith; Part I. Embodied Language and Concepts: 2. Grounding symbolic operations in the brain's modal systems L. Barsalou; 3. Toward the integration of bodily states, language and action A. Glenberg; 4. Brain embodiment of category-specific semantic memory circuits F. Pulvermüller; 5. What thoughts are made of L. Boroditsky and J. Prinz; Part II. Embodiment of Social Cognition and Relationships: 6. Grounding social cognition: synchronization, coordination, and co-regulation G. R. Semin and J. T. Cacioppo; 7. An embodied account of self-other 'overlap' and its effects E. R. Smith; 8. The embodiment of power and communalism in space and bodily contact T. Schubert, S. Waldzus, S. and B. Seibt; 9. Embodied persuasion: fundamental processes by which bodily responses can impact attitudes P. Briñol and R. E. Petty; Part III. Embodiment and Affect: 10. Affect as embodied evidence in attitude, advertising, and art G. Clore and S. Schnall; 11. The embodiment of emotion L. Feldman Barrett and K. Lindquist; 12. The embodied emotional mind P. Winkielman, P. M. Niedenthal and L. Oberman; 13. Expression entails anticipation: toward a self-regulatory model of bodily feedback effects J. Förster and R. S. Friedman.