This paper presents an ERP experiment examining the underlying nature of semantic representation of animate and inanimate objects. Time-locking ERP signatures to the onset of visual stimuli we found topological similarities in animate and inanimate object processing. Moreover when mapping more general to more specific representation (auditory to visual stimuli) we found no difference between animates and inanimates in the N400 amplitude either. This study provides further evidence for the theory of unitary semantic organization, but no support for the feature-based prediction of segregated conceptual organization. Surprisingly, it was also found that the P600 component, which has been thus far mostly related to syntactic processing to be a sensitive index of conceptual processing. The most apparent difference regarding P600 component was found between animate and inanimate matches, whereby animate matches elicited more positive ERP signatures in comparison to inanimate matches.
TY - JOUR
AU - Ković, Vanja
AU - Plunkett, Kim
AU - Westermann, Gert
PY - 2009
UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/866
AB - This paper presents an ERP experiment examining the underlying nature of semantic representation of animate and inanimate objects. Time-locking ERP signatures to the onset of visual stimuli we found topological similarities in animate and inanimate object processing. Moreover when mapping more general to more specific representation (auditory to visual stimuli) we found no difference between animates and inanimates in the N400 amplitude either. This study provides further evidence for the theory of unitary semantic organization, but no support for the feature-based prediction of segregated conceptual organization. Surprisingly, it was also found that the P600 component, which has been thus far mostly related to syntactic processing to be a sensitive index of conceptual processing. The most apparent difference regarding P600 component was found between animate and inanimate matches, whereby animate matches elicited more positive ERP signatures in comparison to inanimate matches.
PB - Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd
T2 - Psihologija
T1 - Shared and/or separate representations of animate/inanimate categories - an ERP study
EP - 26
IS - 1
SP - 5
VL - 42
DO - 10.2298/PSI0901005K
ER -
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abstract = "This paper presents an ERP experiment examining the underlying nature of semantic representation of animate and inanimate objects. Time-locking ERP signatures to the onset of visual stimuli we found topological similarities in animate and inanimate object processing. Moreover when mapping more general to more specific representation (auditory to visual stimuli) we found no difference between animates and inanimates in the N400 amplitude either. This study provides further evidence for the theory of unitary semantic organization, but no support for the feature-based prediction of segregated conceptual organization. Surprisingly, it was also found that the P600 component, which has been thus far mostly related to syntactic processing to be a sensitive index of conceptual processing. The most apparent difference regarding P600 component was found between animate and inanimate matches, whereby animate matches elicited more positive ERP signatures in comparison to inanimate matches.",
publisher = "Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd",
journal = "Psihologija",
title = "Shared and/or separate representations of animate/inanimate categories - an ERP study",
pages = "26-5",
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Ković, V., Plunkett, K.,& Westermann, G.. (2009). Shared and/or separate representations of animate/inanimate categories - an ERP study. in Psihologija
Društvo psihologa Srbije, Beograd., 42(1), 5-26.
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI0901005K
Ković V, Plunkett K, Westermann G. Shared and/or separate representations of animate/inanimate categories - an ERP study. in Psihologija. 2009;42(1):5-26.
doi:10.2298/PSI0901005K .
Ković, Vanja, Plunkett, Kim, Westermann, Gert, "Shared and/or separate representations of animate/inanimate categories - an ERP study" in Psihologija, 42, no. 1 (2009):5-26,
https://doi.org/10.2298/PSI0901005K . .
