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The Role Of Modality And Figurativeness On Semantic Processing: An N400 Study, Stephen Agauas, Elizabeth Miller
The Role Of Modality And Figurativeness On Semantic Processing: An N400 Study, Stephen Agauas, Elizabeth Miller
10th Annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research and Creative Performance (2011)
It has been observed that words depicting actions (“jump”) produce activation of the primary motor cortex or motion processing regions of the brain in addition to language areas. Thus the first aim of current study was to investigate whether the modality of words (motion “skydive” versus auditory “babble”) would have an effect on the brain processes underlying semantic processing. Secondly, some studies have observed that the neural substrate for the semantic processing of figurative language may be different than for literal language; however, results are conflicting. We suggest this is because of the many confounds in existing studies comparing literal …