Can the meaning of multiple words be integrated unconsciously?
| Autor: | Stanislas Dehaene, Alexandra H. Leighton, Julia D. I. Meuwese, Lionel Naccache, Simon van Gaal, Laurent D. Cohen, Anouk M. van Loon |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Brein en Cognitie (Psychologie, FMG), Cognitive Psychology, IBBA |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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SDG 16 - Peace
Unconscious mind Models Neurological Research Support General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Negation Models Noun Unconscious (Psychology) Journal Article Humans Valence (psychology) Non-U.S. Gov't P600 Unconscious Psychology Research Support Non-U.S. Gov't Subliminal stimuli SDG 16 - Peace Justice and Strong Institutions Brain Electroencephalography Articles Justice and Strong Institutions N400 Semantics Neurological General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Psychology Comprehension Adjective Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | van Gaal, S, Naccache, L, Meuwese, J D I, van Loon, A M, Leighton, A H, Cohen, L & Dehaene, S 2014, ' Can the meaning of multiple words be integrated unconsciously? ', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences, vol. 369, no. 1641, pp. 20130212 . https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0212 Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 369(1641):20130212. Royal Society of London Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences, 369(1641). Royal Society of London |
| ISSN: | 0962-8436 |
| DOI: | 10.1098/rstb.2013.0212 |
| Popis: | What are the limits of unconscious language processing? Can language circuits process simple grammatical constructions unconsciously and integrate the meaning of several unseen words? Using behavioural priming and electroencephalography (EEG), we studied a specific rule-based linguistic operation traditionally thought to require conscious cognitive control: the negation of valence. In a masked priming paradigm, two masked words were successively (Experiment 1) or simultaneously presented (Experiment 2), a modifier (‘not’/‘very’) and an adjective (e.g. ‘good’/‘bad’), followed by a visible target noun (e.g. ‘peace’/‘murder’). Subjects indicated whether the target noun had a positive or negative valence. The combination of these three words could either be contextually consistent (e.g. ‘very bad - murder’) or inconsistent (e.g. ‘not bad - murder’). EEG recordings revealed that grammatical negations could unfold partly unconsciously, as reflected in similar occipito-parietal N400 effects for conscious and unconscious three-word sequences forming inconsistent combinations. However, only conscious word sequences elicited P600 effects, later in time. Overall, these results suggest that multiple unconscious words can be rapidly integrated and that an unconscious negation can automatically ‘flip the sign’ of an unconscious adjective. These findings not only extend the limits of subliminal combinatorial language processes, but also highlight how consciousness modulates the grammatical integration of multiple words. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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