Brain mechanisms of language acquisition and understanding

• INUI TOSHIO

  Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University ERATO Asada Synergistic Intelligence Project, JST

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 言語獲得と理解の脳内メカニズム
• 講演論文 言語獲得と理解の脳内メカニズム
• コウエン ロンブン ゲンゴ カクトク ト リカイ ノ ノウナイ メカニズム

Abstract

In this paper, we propose three hypotheses about language understanding. One of the fundamental and important components of language processing is assignment of a thematic role to each word in a sentence, based on word order and particles or prepositions. Therefore, we first discuss the brain mechanism of thematic role assignment, followed by a discussion of the brain mechanism for outlining the meaning of a sentence. We then evaluate the function of the mirror neuron system in language understanding. Finally, we discuss the brain mechanisms of mental perspective shift and hierarchical processing in language comprehension.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology

  Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology 60 (1), 59-72, 2010

  THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR ANIMAL PSYCHOLOGY

Details

• CRID: 1390001205207407872
• NII Article ID: 130000252122
• NII Book ID: AN10363631
• DOI: 10.2502/janip.60.1.4
• ISSN: 18809022
• ISSN: 09168419
• NDL BIB ID: 10762242
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/10762242
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10762242
• Web Site: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/janip/60/1/60_60.1.4/_pdf
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2010260779
• Text Lang: ja
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