COGNITION, BRAIN, BEHAVIOR AN INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL December, 2011 Volume XV Number 4 Copyright © 2011 ASCR Publishing House. All rights reserved. CONTENTS SPECIAL ISSUE: EMBODIMENT AND DEVELOPMENT Guest editors: Josita MAOUENE, Thea IONESCU Editorial 403 Josita MAOUENE, Thea IONESCU Articles 409 Aarre LAAKSO EMBODIMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN COGNITIVE SCIENCE 427 Gwenden L. DUEKER, Sandra PORTKO, Megan ZELINSKY MEANINGFUL TOUCH IN NATURALISTIC CONTEXTS: HAPTIC INPUT AS A CUE TO THE REFERENT OF INFANT DIRECTED SPEECH