scholarly journals The role of the anterior temporal lobes in the comprehension of concrete and abstract words: rTMS evidence

Cortex ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 45 (9) ◽  
pp. 1104-1110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gorana Pobric ◽  
Matthew A. Lambon Ralph ◽  
Elizabeth Jefferies
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Lobes ◽  
Anterior Temporal Lobes ◽  
Abstract Words

The Role of the Anterior Temporal Lobes in the Semantic Network

NeuroImage ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 47 ◽  
pp. S76
Author(s):  
SM Brambati ◽  
S Benoit ◽  
L Monetta ◽  
S Belleville ◽  
S Joubert
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Network ◽  
Temporal Lobes ◽  
Anterior Temporal Lobes

scholarly journals Role of the anterior temporal lobes in semantic representations: Paradoxical results of a cTBS study

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 ◽  
pp. 163-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Bonnì ◽  
Giacomo Koch ◽  
Carlo Miniussi ◽  
Mario Stampanoni Bassi ◽  
Carlo Caltagirone ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Representations ◽  
Temporal Lobes ◽  
Anterior Temporal Lobes ◽  
Paradoxical Results

scholarly journals The anterior temporal lobes and the functional architecture of semantic memory

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 645-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. KYLE SIMMONS ◽  
ALEX MARTIN
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Memory ◽  
Conceptual Knowledge ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Functional Architecture ◽  
Temporal Lobes ◽  
Anterior Temporal Lobes ◽  
General Semantic

AbstractRecently, three accounts have emerged on the role of the anterior temporal lobes (ATLs) in semantic memory. One account claims that the ATLs are domain-general semantic hubs, another claims that they underlie knowledge of unique entities specifically, and yet another account claims that they support social conceptual knowledge generally. Here, we review neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies that bear on these three accounts and offer suggestions for future research to elucidate the roles of the ATLs in semantic memory. (JINS, 2009, 15, 645–649.)

scholarly journals Correlation between Topographic N400 Anomalies and Reduced Cerebral Blood Flow in the Anterior Temporal Lobes of Patients with Dementia

2013 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 711-731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthias Grieder ◽  
Raffaella M. Crinelli ◽  
Kay Jann ◽  
Andrea Federspiel ◽  
Miranka Wirth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Flow ◽  
Cerebral Blood Flow ◽  
Temporal Lobes ◽  
Anterior Temporal Lobes

EXPRESS: Articulatory suppression delays processing of abstract words: the role of inner speech

2021 ◽  
pp. 174702182110536
Author(s):  
Chiara Fini ◽  
Gian Daniele Zannino ◽  
Matteo Orsoni ◽  
Giovanni Augusto Carlesimo ◽  
Mariagrazia Benassi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Articulatory Suppression ◽  
Judgment Task ◽  
Inner Speech ◽  
Dominant Hand ◽  
Conceptual Representation ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Single Object ◽  
Abstract Words ◽  
Concrete Concepts

Compared to concrete concepts, like “book”, abstract concepts expressed by words like “justice” are more detached from sensorial experiences, even though they are also grounded in sensorial modalities. Abstract concepts lack a single object as referent and are characterized by higher variability both within and across participants. According to the Word as Social Tool (WAT) proposal, owing to their complexity, abstract concepts need to be processed with the help of inner language. Inner language can namely help participants to re-explain to themselves the meaning of the word, to keep information active in working memory, and to prepare themselves to ask information from more competent people. While previous studies have demonstrated that the mouth is involved during abstract concepts’ processing, both the functional role and the mechanisms underlying this involvement still need to be clarified. We report an experiment in which participants were required to evaluate whether 78 words were abstract or concrete by pressing two different pedals. During the judgment task, they were submitted, in different blocks, to a baseline, an articulatory suppression, and a manipulation condition. In the last two conditions, they had to repeat a syllable continually and to manipulate a softball with their dominant hand. Results showed that articulatory suppression slowed down the processing of abstract more than that of concrete words. Overall results confirm the WAT proposal’s hypothesis that abstract concepts processing involves the mouth motor system and specifically inner speech. We discuss the implications for current theories of conceptual representation.

scholarly journals Graded specialization within and between the anterior temporal lobes

2015 ◽  
Vol 1359 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace E. Rice ◽  
Paul Hoffman ◽  
Matthew A. Lambon Ralph
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Lobes ◽  
Anterior Temporal Lobes

scholarly journals Coherent concepts are computed in the anterior temporal lobes

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (6) ◽  
pp. 2717-2722 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Lambon Ralph ◽  
K. Sage ◽  
R. W. Jones ◽  
E. J. Mayberry
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Lobes ◽  
Anterior Temporal Lobes
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