Neural Representations of Abstract Concepts: Identifying Underlying Neurosemantic Dimensions.
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DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz229
Abstract: The abstractness of concepts is sometimes defined indirectly as lacking concreteness, this view provides little insight into their cognitive or neural basis. Multivariate pattern analytic techniques applied to functional magnetic resonance imaging data were used… read more here.
Keywords: concepts identifying; representations abstract; underlying neurosemantic; identifying underlying ... See more keywords
Map-Like Representations of an Abstract Conceptual Space in the Human Brain
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DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.620056
Abstract: Much of higher cognition involves abstracting away from sensory details and thinking conceptually. How do our brains learn and represent such abstract concepts? Recent work has proposed that neural representations in the medial temporal lobe… read more here.
Keywords: representations abstract; map like; space human; conceptual space ... See more keywords