کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
924394 921223 2009 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Semantic processing of mathematical gestures
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب شناختی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Semantic processing of mathematical gestures
چکیده انگلیسی

ObjectiveTo examine whether or not university mathematics students semantically process gestures depicting mathematical functions (mathematical gestures) similarly to the way they process action gestures and sentences. Semantic processing was indexed by the N400 effect.ResultsThe N400 effect elicited by words primed with mathematical gestures (e.g. “converging” and “decreasing”) was the same in amplitude, latency and topography as that elicited by words primed with action gestures (e.g. drive and lift), and that for terminal words of sentences.Significance and conclusionFindings provide a within-subject demonstration that the topographies of the gesture N400 effect for both action and mathematical words are indistinguishable from that of the standard language N400 effect. This suggests that mathematical function words are processed by the general language semantic system and do not appear to involve areas involved in other mathematical concepts (e.g. numerosity).

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Brain and Cognition - Volume 71, Issue 3, December 2009, Pages 306–312
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