Words in the human brain - semantic meaning

Words in the human brain semantic meaning,
development, learning.
特別講演
Special Lecture
2017年2月27日（月） 14：00〜15:00
教育学部A棟5階 A534教室
※事前申し込みの必要はありません
※講演は英語で行われます
Speaker
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang
Skrandies
Justus-Liebig University (Germany)
Institute of Physiology
ドイツJustus-Liebig大学医学部のスクランディース教授をお招きし，
視覚性言語の意味処理について脳機能から迫った研究を紹介します。
Abstract
The affective, connotative meaning of words can be statistically quantified by the Semantic Differential
technique. In three independent studies we found evidence that the semantic dimensions are independent of
language, culture and age. In addition, the basic dimensions of connotative meaning yield differences in
brain activity elicited by reading words. With four groups of German or Japanese adults we found that
learning the meaning of foreign language words occurs rapidly within 20 minutes and is accompanied by
systematic changes of regional blood flow and of electrical brain activity. In all studies effects of meaning
are seen over primary visual areas after about 100 ms latency. Thus, affective and lexical meaning appears
to be modulated by top-down information processing mechanisms reflected at early processing stages.
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主催：茨城大学教育学部障害児教育教室障害児生理学研究室
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