Social semantics: the organization and grounding of abstract concepts

PM Pexman, V Diveica… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Abstract concepts, like justice and friendship, are central features of our daily lives.
Traditionally, abstract concepts are distinguished from other concepts in that they cannot be …

A large dataset of semantic ratings and its computational extension

S Wang, Y Zhang, W Shi, G Zhang, J Zhang, N Lin… - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
Evidence from psychology and cognitive neuroscience indicates that the human brain's
semantic system contains several specific subsystems, each representing a particular …

Correspondence between cognitive and neural representations for phonology, orthography, and semantics in supramarginal compared to angular gyrus

WW Graves, J Purcell, D Rothlein, DJ Bolger… - Brain Structure and …, 2023 - Springer
The angular and supramarginal gyri (AG and SMG) together constitute the inferior parietal
lobule (IPL) and have been associated with cognitive functions that support reading. How …

Neural representation of social concepts: a coordinate-based meta-analysis of fMRI studies

M Arioli, C Gianelli, N Canessa - Brain Imaging and Behavior, 2021 - Springer
The possible uniqueness of social stimuli constitutes a key topic for cognitive neuroscience.
Growing evidence highlights graded contributions to their semantic processing by the …

Coexistence of the social semantic effect and non-semantic effect in the default mode network

G Zhang, J Hung, N Lin - Brain Structure and Function, 2023 - Springer
Neuroimaging studies have found both semantic and non-semantic effects in the default
mode network (DMN), leading to an intense debate on the role of the DMN in semantic …

From words to phrases: neural basis of social event semantic composition

H Yang, Y Bi - Brain Structure and Function, 2022 - Springer
Events are typically composed of at least actions and entities. Both actions and entities have
been shown to be represented by neural structures respecting domain organizations in the …

A social-semantic working-memory account for two canonical language areas

G Zhang, Y Xu, X Wang, J Li, W Shi, Y Bi… - Nature Human …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Language and social cognition are traditionally studied as separate cognitive
domains, yet accumulative studies reveal overlapping neural correlates at the left ventral …

The brain network in support of social semantic accumulation

G Zhang, Y Xu, M Zhang, S Wang… - Social cognitive and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Some studies have indicated that a specific 'social semantic network'represents the social
meanings of words. However, studies of the comprehension of complex materials, such as …

[HTML][HTML] Neural differences in social and figurative language processing on the autism spectrum

WW Graves, H Levinson, L Coulanges, S Cahalan… - Neuropsychologia, 2022 - Elsevier
Individuals on the autism spectrum often have trouble with social and figurative language.
As social language is often figurative, it can be challenging to disentangle the cognitive and …

Predictive coding and internal error correction in speech production

A Teghipco, K Okada, E Murphy… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
Speech production involves the careful orchestration of sophisticated systems, yet overt
speech errors rarely occur under naturalistic conditions. The present functional magnetic …