{"title":"Experientially-grounded and distributional semantic vectors uncover dissociable representations of conceptual categories.","authors":"Francesca Carota, Hamed Nili, Nikolaus Kriegeskorte, Friedemann Pulvermüller","doi":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2232481","DOIUrl":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2232481","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuronal populations code similar concepts by similar activity patterns across the human brain's semantic networks. However, it is unclear to what extent such meaning-to-symbol mapping reflects distributional statistics, or experiential information grounded in sensorimotor and emotional knowledge. We asked whether integrating distributional and experiential data better distinguished conceptual categories than each method taken separately. We examined the similarity structure of fMRI patterns elicited by visually presented action- and object-related words using representational similarity analysis (RSA). We found that the distributional and experiential/integrative models respectively mapped the high-dimensional semantic space in left inferior frontal, anterior temporal, and in left precentral, posterior inferior/middle temporal cortex. Furthermore, results from model comparisons uncovered category-specific similarity patterns, as both distributional and experiential models matched the similarity patterns for action concepts in left fronto-temporal cortex, whilst the experiential/integrative (but not distributional) models matched the similarity patterns for object concepts in left fusiform and angular gyrus.</p>","PeriodicalId":48782,"journal":{"name":"Language Cognition and Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":"1020-1044"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11706208/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43477012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transforming the neuroscience of language: estimating pattern-to-pattern transformations of brain activity","authors":"O. Hauk, R. Jackson, S. Rahimi","doi":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2226268","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2226268","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48782,"journal":{"name":"Language Cognition and Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49559213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Neural mechanisms of event visibility in sign languages","authors":"J. Krebs, R. Wilbur, D. Roehm, E. Malaia","doi":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2228437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2228437","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In unrelated sign languages event structure is reflected in the dynamic form of verbs, and hearing non-signers are known to be able to recognise these visual event structures. This study assessed the time course of neural processing mechanisms in non-signers to examine the pathways for incorporation of physical-perceptual motion features into the linguistic system. In an EEG study, hearing non-signers classified telic/atelic verb signs (two-choice lexical decision task). The ERP effects reflect differences in perceptual processing of verb types (early anterior ERP effects) and integration of perceptual and linguistic processing required by the task (later posterior ERP effects). Non-signers appear to segment signed input into discrete events as they try to map the sign to a linguistic concept. This might indicate the potential pathway for co-optation of perceptual features into the linguistic structure of sign languages.","PeriodicalId":48782,"journal":{"name":"Language Cognition and Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43899782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Boudelaa, S. Boujraf, F. Belahcen, Mohamed Ben Zagmout, A. Farooqui
{"title":"Impaired morphological processing: insights from multiple sclerosis","authors":"S. Boudelaa, S. Boujraf, F. Belahcen, Mohamed Ben Zagmout, A. Farooqui","doi":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2226267","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2226267","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT\u0000 Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disease characterised by damage affecting large bundles of white matter fibres. Morphological segmentation of complex words (e.g. walked) into stems (walk) and suffixes (∼ed) is thought to depend on intact white matter. We tested the hypothesis that Arabic speaking patients with MS may lose the ability to segment morphologically complex words in a primed lexical decision task using word pairs that shared either a root and a semantic relationship (+R + S, e.g. “AnzAl”–“nuzwl” lowering-landing), a root without semantics (+R–S, e.g. “rtAbp”–“trtyb” monotony-tidying up),a semantic relationship (–R + S, e.g. “xyr”–“nEmp” good-grace), or a phonological relationship (–R + Phon, e.g. “mEdn”–“mEAnd” mineral-stubborn). While healthy controls showed priming by root regardless of semantics and inhibition by phonology, the patients showed facilitation by semantics (+R + S and –R + S), and inhibition by phonology (–R + Phon). These findings are used to adjudicate three contending models of lexical processing.","PeriodicalId":48782,"journal":{"name":"Language Cognition and Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46188492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Individual differences in the auditory processing of morpho-phonological and semantic cues","authors":"Julia Schwarz, Mirjana Bozic, Brechtje Post","doi":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2227297","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2227297","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Morpho-phonological patterns and semantic density influence the processing of spoken complex words and contribute to the dissociation between regularly and irregularly inflected forms. However, it is unclear whether all listeners rely on morpho-phonological and semantic cues to the same degree. The present paper examines whether a listener’s cognitive profile, indicated by processing efficiency, affects the processing strategy employed when listening to morphologically complex words. Two auditory judgement experiments demonstrate that slower responders rely more strongly on semantic processing than faster responders, but all listeners show morpho-phonological effects regardless of processing speed and form effects. This demonstrates that morpho-phonological processing is automatic for all listeners, but processing efficiency determines whether additional semantic cues are engaged. The results highlight the importance of integrating cognitive variability into current models of complex word processing.","PeriodicalId":48782,"journal":{"name":"Language Cognition and Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47143577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rapid prediction of verbs based on pronoun interpretation is modulated by individual differences in pronoun processing","authors":"Jeffrey Jack Green","doi":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2226266","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2226266","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT How quickly can pronoun interpretation affect the prediction of a following verb? Readers were presented with implicit causality contexts in which a specific pronoun and following verb were predictable. N400 and reaction time results indicated that predictable verbs were facilitated relative to unpredictable verbs when following predicted pronouns, suggesting that verbal predictions were rapidly updated based on pronoun interpretation. There was also some evidence for rapid updating of verb predictions after unexpected pronouns, but this was modulated by individual differences. Some readers appear to have placed higher weight on top–down implicit causality predictions to interpret unexpected pronouns, and others on bottom–up information from the gender on the pronoun. These differences in turn affected the N400 response to expected and unexpected verbs. The results together demonstrate that pronouns can be interpreted quickly enough to affect predictions about the following word.","PeriodicalId":48782,"journal":{"name":"Language Cognition and Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48807657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Long-term sport experience influences general action-related lexical semantic processing: ERP evidence","authors":"Ruohan Chang, Jinfeng Ding","doi":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2227298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2227298","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study aimed to investigate whether long-term domain-specific sport experience influences general action-related lexical semantic processing. Wushu (martial arts) athletes and non-athletes were asked to complete a lexical decision task in which nouns served as targets primed by general action-related or action-unrelated verbs. Event-related potential (ERP) results showed that target nouns primed by action-related verbs elicited reduced N400s compared to those primed by action-unrelated verbs for both groups. Moreover, target nouns primed by action-related verbs elicited larger late positive components (LPCs) than those primed by action-unrelated verbs only for wushu athletes and not for non-athletes. These results suggest that long-term domain-specific sport experience facilitates general action-related lexical semantic processing and support an association between the sensory-motor system and language comprehension.","PeriodicalId":48782,"journal":{"name":"Language Cognition and Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42747705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A note on transmodality","authors":"S. Cappa","doi":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2223676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2223676","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48782,"journal":{"name":"Language Cognition and Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41855284","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Ghazaryan, Marijn van Vliet, Aino M. Saranpää, Lotta Lammi, T. Lindh-Knuutila, Annika Hultén, Sasa L. Kivisaari, R. Salmelin
{"title":"Trials and tribulations when attempting to decode semantic representations from MEG responses to written text","authors":"G. Ghazaryan, Marijn van Vliet, Aino M. Saranpää, Lotta Lammi, T. Lindh-Knuutila, Annika Hultén, Sasa L. Kivisaari, R. Salmelin","doi":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2219353","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2219353","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48782,"journal":{"name":"Language Cognition and Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42973240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Kissler, Malena Mielke, Lea Marie Reisch, Sebastian Schindler, C. Bien
{"title":"Effects of unilateral anteromedial temporal lobe resections on event-related potentials when reading negative and neutral words","authors":"J. Kissler, Malena Mielke, Lea Marie Reisch, Sebastian Schindler, C. Bien","doi":"10.1080/23273798.2023.2222424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2023.2222424","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We investigated effects of unilateral left (lTLR, N = 15) or right (rTLR, N = 19) anteromedial temporal lobe resections comprising amygdala and temporal pole on event-related potentials (ERPs) during attentive reading of negative and neutral words, their emotional evaluation, and recognition memory. Content effects on behaviour did not differ between lTLR, rTLR, and controls (N = 18). Negative words elicited larger ERPs than neutral words for P1, Early Posterior Negativity (EPN), and Late Positive Potential (LPP). However, the rTLR group lacked the P1 enhancement and had attenuated EPN effects. Despite showing generally the largest ERP amplitudes, the lTLR group had smaller occipital N1 and left frontal positivity for negative compared with neutral words in the N1 window. Only lTLR also had smaller left parietal P2 and larger right parietal P3 and LPP for negative words. These data help specify left and right anteromedial temporal lobe contributions to the processing of negative and neutral words.","PeriodicalId":48782,"journal":{"name":"Language Cognition and Neuroscience","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49494963","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}