An early stage of conceptual combination: Superimposition of constituent concepts in left anterolateral temporal lobe

被引:42
作者
Baron, Sean G. [1 ]
Thompson-Schill, Sharon L. [2 ]
Weber, Matthew [2 ]
Osherson, Daniel
机构
[1] Princeton Univ, Dept Psychol, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
[2] Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
关键词
Face; Semantic; Pattern analysis; Conceptual combination; fMRI; SEMANTIC MEMORY; NEURAL SYSTEMS; REPRESENTATION; COMPREHENSION; CORTEX; MODEL;
D O I
10.1080/17588920903548751
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Conceptual combination is an essential cognitive process, yet little is known about its neural correlates. In the present study, a categorization task was used to evoke patterns of neural activation for complex concepts (e.g., young man) as well as their constituents (e.g., young, man). A functional region of interest (fROI) within left anterolateral temporal lobe was identified as a possible site of conceptual combination. In this region, the superimposition of activity for constituent concepts reliably predicted the activation pattern for the complex concept built from those constituents.
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