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Words do not stand alone: Do not ignore a word's role when examining patterns of activation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 1999

Seth N. Greenberg  and
Monika Nisslein
Seth N. Greenberg
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Union College, Schenectady, NY 12308 greenbes@union.edu
Monika Nisslein
Affiliation:
Max-Planck-Institute for Psychological Research, D-80802 Munich, Germanynisslein@mpipf-muenchen.mpg.de
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Abstract

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Pulvermüller traces the differences in brain activity associated with function and content words. The model considers words displayed primarily in isolation. Research on letter detection suggests that what distinguishes function from content words are their roles in text. Hence a model that fails to consider context effects on the processing of words provides an insufficient accounting of word representation in the brain.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 22 , Issue 2 , April 1999 , pp. 289 - 290
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© 1999 Cambridge University Press