Journal article
A neural mechanism for non-verbal discourse comprehension
Trends in cognitive sciences, v 6(7), pp 272-275
01 Jul 2002
PMID: 12110351
Abstract
Sometimes, a thousand words isn't worth a picture. A recent study by West and Holcomb used event-related potentials to examine non-verbal, discourse-level processing of stories presented as picture sequences. These complex pictures were presented at a rapid rate, thereby minimizing linguistic mediation. The ERP showed N300 and N400 deflections, hypothesized to reflect image activation and amodal semantic integration, respectively.
Sometimes, a thousand words isn't worth a picture. A new study used ERPs to examine mechanisms of non-verbal story comprehension using picture sequences in a manner that avoided linguistic mediation.
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- Title
- A neural mechanism for non-verbal discourse comprehension
- Creators
- John Kounios - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Trends in cognitive sciences, v 6(7), pp 272-275
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000176636700002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0036646050
- Other Identifier
- 991020548384404721
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- Behavioral Sciences
- Neurosciences
- Psychology, Experimental