Distinguishing abstract from concrete concepts in supramodal brain regions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2019.05.032
Abstract: Concrete words have been shown to have a processing advantage over abstract words, yet theoretical accounts and neural correlates underlying the distinction between concrete and abstract concepts are still unresolved. In an fMRI study, participants… read more here.
Keywords: abstract concrete; distinguishing abstract; concepts supramodal; concrete concepts ... See more keywords
Neural representation of visual concepts in people born blind
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07574-3
Abstract: How do we represent information without sensory features? How are abstract concepts like “freedom”, devoid of external perceptible referents, represented in the brain? Here, to address the role of sensory information in the neural representation of… read more here.
Keywords: neural representation; abstract concepts; people born; concrete concepts ... See more keywords
Situational systematicity: A role for schema in understanding the differences between abstract and concrete concepts
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DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2019.1710124
Abstract: ABSTRACT Abstract concepts differ from concrete concepts in several ways. Here, we focus on what we refer to as situational systematicity: The objects and relations that constitute an abstract concept (e.g., justice) are more dispersed… read more here.
Keywords: concept; concrete concepts; schema; situational systematicity ... See more keywords
Interoception: the forgotten modality in perceptual grounding of abstract and concrete concepts
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DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0143
Abstract: Conceptual representations are perceptually grounded, but when investigating which perceptual modalities are involved, researchers have typically restricted their consideration to vision, touch, hearing, taste and smell. However, there is another major modality of perceptual information… read more here.
Keywords: interoception; abstract concrete; perceptual grounding; modality ... See more keywords
Chinese Children with Congenital and Acquired Blindness Represent Concrete Concepts in Vertical Space through Tactile Perception
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DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191711055
Abstract: Many studies have tested perceptual symbols in conceptual processing and found that perceptual symbols contain experiences from multisensory channels. However, whether the disability of one sensory channel affects the processing of the perceptual symbols and… read more here.
Keywords: concrete concepts; blind children; acquired blindness; congenital acquired ... See more keywords