Neurocognitive mechanisms supporting the generalization of concepts across languages

Sheikh, Usman Ayub; Carreiras, Manuel; Soto, David

doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107740

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“…Many studies [36,72,34,33,40,37,69,41,42,46,60,56,65,67,62] asked participants to think of the same properties of the semantic concept in each experimental trial. Each participant was asked to come up with a set of properties for each concept before the start of the experiment.…”

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Neural decoding of semantic concepts: a systematic literature review

Rybář¹,

Daly²

2022

J. Neural Eng.

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Objective Semantic concepts are coherent entities within our minds. They underpin our thought processes and are a part of the basis for our understanding of the world. Modern neuroscience research is increasingly exploring how individual semantic concepts are encoded within our brains and a number of studies are beginning to reveal key patterns of neural activity that underpin specific concepts. Building upon this basic understanding of the process of semantic neural encoding, neural engineers are beginning to explore tools and methods for semantic decoding: identifying which semantic concepts an individual is focused on at a given moment in time from recordings of their neural activity. In this paper we review the current literature on semantic neural decoding. Approach We conducted this review according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines. Specifically, we assess the eligibility of published peer-reviewed reports via a search of PubMed and Google Scholar. We identify a total of 74 studies in which semantic neural decoding is used to attempt to identify individual semantic concepts from neural activity. Results Our review reveals how modern neuroscientific tools have been developed to allow decoding of individual concepts from a range of neuroimaging modalities. We discuss specific neuroimaging methods, experimental designs, and machine learning pipelines that are employed to aid the decoding of semantic concepts. We quantify the efficacy of semantic decoders by measuring information transfer rates. We also discuss current challenges presented by this research area and present some possible solutions. Finally, we discuss some possible emerging and speculative future directions for this research area. Significance Semantic decoding is a rapidly growing area of research. However, despite its increasingly widespread popularity and use in neuroscientific research this is the first literature review focusing on this topic across neuroimaging modalities and with a focus on quantifying the efficacy of semantic decoders.

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“…For this reason, passive tasks alone may not be sufficient to allow semantic decoding. To mitigate this issue and ensure participants attention, several studies [78,82,86,62,93] included an oddball task in which participants were asked to respond, typically by pressing a button, when a different type of stimulus was presented.…”

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Neural decoding of semantic concepts: a systematic literature review

Rybář¹,

Daly²

2022

J. Neural Eng.

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Advances in Literary and (Neuro)Linguistics Skills That Can Contribute to Healing

Martines

2024

Educational Innovation to Address Complex Societal Challenges

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This chapter analyses the influence of bibliotherapy on the perceptions of readers (children, young people, and [older] adults) with special needs on their form of social interaction. By reading and writing, and by explaining to others what they read and write, by talking about plots, by expressing opinions and emotions, feelings and thoughts are articulated, and expressive (linguistic), relational, cognitive, and neurological abilities are improved. From linguistics (theoretical, applied, and cognitive), literary studies, translation/multilingual environments, and pedagogy (literacy, didactics of language, and literature), methodological approaches and interventions that can be useful and effective in bibliotherapy to activate neurocognitive abilities are provided. Furthermore, bibliotherapy is presented as a coherent option for improving the management of situations of confinement, physical, real, voluntary, imposed, or perceived loneliness.

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Neurocognitive mechanisms supporting the generalization of concepts across languages

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Neural decoding of semantic concepts: a systematic literature review

Neural decoding of semantic concepts: a systematic literature review

Advances in Literary and (Neuro)Linguistics Skills That Can Contribute to Healing

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