Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2004-04, Vol.304 (5669), p.438-441
2004
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- Titel
- Integration of Word Meaning and World Knowledge in Language Comprehension
- Ist Teil von
- Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2004-04, Vol.304 (5669), p.438-441
- Ort / Verlag
- Washington, DC: American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2004
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Although the sentences that we hear or read have meaning, this does not necessarily mean that they are also true. Relatively little is known about the critical brain structures for, and the relative time course of, establishing the meaning and truth of linguistic expressions. We present electroencephalogram data that show the rapid parallel integration of both semantic and world knowledge during the interpretation of a sentence. Data from functional magnetic resonance imaging revealed that the left inferior prefrontal cortex is involved in the integration of both meaning and world knowledge. Finally, oscillatory brain responses indicate that the brain keeps a record of what makes a sentence hard to interpret.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0036-8075, 1095-9203eISSN: 1095-9203DOI: 10.1126/science.1095455Titel-ID: cdi_swepub_primary_oai_prod_swepub_kib_ki_se_110102151
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- Schlagworte
- Adult, Anatomical correlates of behavior, Behavioral psychophysiology, Biological and medical sciences, Brain, Brain chemistry, Brain Mapping, Comprehension, Electrodes, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Female, Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology, Humans, Infections, Integration, Knowledge, Language, Language comprehension, Language Processing, Language skills, Linguistic Theory, Linguistics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Medicin och hälsovetenskap, Memory, Memory - physiology, Neurons, Observations, Physiological aspects, Pragmatics, Prefrontal Cortex - physiology, Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry, Psychology. Psychophysiology, Semantics, Semiotics, Sentences, Topography, Words