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Verbal Symbols Support Concrete but Enable Abstract Concept Formation: Evidence from Brain-Constrained Deep Neural Networks
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Fynn R. Dobler; Malte R. Henningsen-Schomers; Friedemann Pulvermüller – Language Learning, 2024
Concrete symbols (e.g., "sun," "run") can be learned in the context of objects and actions, thereby grounding their meaning in the world. However, it is controversial whether a comparable avenue to semantic learning exists for abstract symbols (e.g., "democracy"). When we simulated the putative brain mechanisms of…
Descriptors: Semantics, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Concept Formation, Abstract Reasoning