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15054068

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
Understanding the neural representation of semantic concepts is at the core of understanding human knowledge and experience. Competing cognitive theories suggest that these neural representations are based on either a unitary semantic code or on multiple semantic codes. We contrasted these theories using event-related fMRI in a semantic priming study. Pairs of words were presented that were either semantically related or unrelated and were either high or low imageable. The unitary view predicts that there should be little or no difference between neural activity evoked by high and low imageable words when presented in a related context, but large differences in neural activity when there is an unrelated context. In contrast to this view, we provide evidence for functionally and anatomically separable effects of context and imageability in human cortex, suggesting that semantic knowledge consists of multiple representational codes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1047-3211
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
521-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Separable effects of semantic priming and imageability on word processing in human cortex.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Mind & Brain, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA. giesbrecht@ucdavis.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.