Submissions tagged with language
(6 documents)
Cortical activity modulation of language processing by dynamic optimization of task complexity and functional restrictions
Language, regarded as a hierarchical cognitive code activated by functional operational modes of the brain by most neuropsychologists, is characterized by increased cognitive load in successively h…
Received 04 November 2009 08:56 UTC; Posted 04 November 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience
Cosmetic Use of Botulinum Toxin-A Affects Processing of Emotional Language
Language can evoke powerful emotions and influence consequent actions in readers, but the mechanisms underlying interactions of language and emotion are largely unknown. Since Darwin, emotional exp…
Received 24 August 2009 17:41 UTC; Posted 25 August 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience
Brain, language, and handedness: a family affair
The left planum temporale is a marker of left hemisphere language specialization. We investigated the effect of individual handedness and familial sinistrality on left planum temporale surface area…
Received 26 March 2009 08:05 UTC; Posted 30 March 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience
Where did Words Come from? A Linking Theory of Sound Symbolism and Natural Language Evolution
Where did words come from? The traditional view is that the relation between the sound of a word and its meaning is arbitrary. An alternative hypothesis, known as sound symbolism, holds that form-m…
Received 06 October 2008 00:21 UTC; Posted 06 October 2008
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Ecology, Neuroscience
Body-specific representations of action word meanings in right and left handers
If understanding action words involves mentally simulating our own actions, then the neurocognitive representation of word meanings must differ for people with different kinds of bodies, who perfor…
Received 15 November 2007 10:23 UTC; Posted 15 November 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience
Semiotic Dynamics Solves the Symbol Grounding Problem
Language requires the capacity to link symbols (words, sentences) through the intermediary of internal representations to the physical world, a process known as symbol grounding. One of the biggest…
Received 17 October 2007 11:04 UTC; Posted 17 October 2007
Posted to: Neuroscience
