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

作者：Baron Sean G^*; Thompson Schill Sharon L; Weber Matthew; Osherson Daniel

来源：Cognitive Neuroscience, 2010, 1(1): 44-51.

DOI：10.1080/17588920903548751

• Face
• Semantic
• Pattern analysis
• Conceptual combination
• fMRI

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.

• 出版日期2010