From reference to sense: how the brain encodes meaning for speaking

In speaking, semantic encoding is the conversion of a nonverbal mental representation (the reference) into a semantic structure suitable for expression (the sense). In this fMRI study on sentence production we investigate how the speaking brain accomplishes this transition from nonverbal to verbal r...

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Main Authors: Laura eMenenti, Karl Magnus ePetersson, Peter eHagoort
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00384/full