10.6084/m9.figshare.3482975.v1
Stacey Teltser
Stacey
Teltser
Jake Kurczek
Jake
Kurczek
Your words matter: What you say and how you think
figshare
2016
Conceptual Processing
Metaphor
fMRI
Sensory Processing
Linguistic Processes (incl. Speech Production and Comprehension)
Neuroscience and Physiological Psychology
2016-07-12 20:05:25
Presentation
https://figshare.com/articles/presentation/Your_words_matter_What_you_say_and_how_you_think/3482975
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<p>Teltser, S.*, & Kurczek, J. (2013, April). Your words matter. <i>Oral presentation at the Coe College Student Research Symposium</i>, Cedar Rapids, IA.</p><p> Recent research has demonstrated that areas of
the brain involved in sensory processing are also
involved in simulation (Kosslyn, Thompson, Kim &
Alpert, 1995).
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<p> Speer et al. (2009) found that people reading a
story simulated the events while reading
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<p> Further, the neural theory of language has also
proposed that language comprehension involves
simulation (Feldman & Narayanan, 2004).</p>
<p> The link to metaphors is through the theory of
perceptual symbols systems (Barsalou, 1999)
and conceptual metaphor theory (Lakoff,
1992) which state that understanding of
concepts requires a reactivation of our
previous experiences </p><p>
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<p> We understand more abstract concepts
through our experiences/simulations of our
actual experiences
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<p> We propose that when using metaphors
(cognitive devices that allow us to understand
one concept in terms of another) we activate
primary sensory cortices </p>
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