Concrete vs. Abstract Semantics: From Mental Representations to Functional Brain Mapping

Concrete vs. Abstract Semantics: From Mental Representations to Functional Brain Mapping

The nature of abstract and concrete semantics and differences between them have remained a debated issue in psycholinguistic and cognitive studies for decades. Most of the available behavioral and neuroimaging studies reveal distinctions between these two types of semantics, typically associated wit...

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Main Authors: Nadezhda Mkrtychian, Evgeny Blagovechtchenski, Diana Kurmakaeva, Daria Gnedykh, Svetlana Kostromina, Yury Shtyrov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Subjects:
concrete and abstract semantics
concreteness effect
mental representation
brain
memory trace
psycholinguistics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2019.00267/full

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