How sound symbolism is processed in the brain: a study on Japanese mimetic words.

Sound symbolism is the systematic and non-arbitrary link between word and meaning. Although a number of behavioral studies demonstrate that both children and adults are universally sensitive to sound symbolism in mimetic words, the neural mechanisms underlying this phenomenon have not yet been exten...

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Autores principales:	Junko Kanero, Mutsumi Imai, Jiro Okuda, Hiroyuki Okada, Tetsuya Matsuda
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:84e4dd66f8174881b2d857f017853c8d2021-11-18T08:18:48ZHow sound symbolism is processed in the brain: a study on Japanese mimetic words.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0097905https://doaj.org/article/84e4dd66f8174881b2d857f017853c8d2014-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24840874/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Sound symbolism is the systematic and non-arbitrary link between word and meaning. Although a number of behavioral studies demonstrate that both children and adults are universally sensitive to sound symbolism in mimetic words, the neural mechanisms underlying this phenomenon have not yet been extensively investigated. The present study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how Japanese mimetic words are processed in the brain. In Experiment 1, we compared processing for motion mimetic words with that for non-sound symbolic motion verbs and adverbs. Mimetic words uniquely activated the right posterior superior temporal sulcus (STS). In Experiment 2, we further examined the generalizability of the findings from Experiment 1 by testing another domain: shape mimetics. Our results show that the right posterior STS was active when subjects processed both motion and shape mimetic words, thus suggesting that this area may be the primary structure for processing sound symbolism. Increased activity in the right posterior STS may also reflect how sound symbolic words function as both linguistic and non-linguistic iconic symbols.Junko KaneroMutsumi ImaiJiro OkudaHiroyuki OkadaTetsuya MatsudaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 5, p e97905 (2014)
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description	Sound symbolism is the systematic and non-arbitrary link between word and meaning. Although a number of behavioral studies demonstrate that both children and adults are universally sensitive to sound symbolism in mimetic words, the neural mechanisms underlying this phenomenon have not yet been extensively investigated. The present study used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate how Japanese mimetic words are processed in the brain. In Experiment 1, we compared processing for motion mimetic words with that for non-sound symbolic motion verbs and adverbs. Mimetic words uniquely activated the right posterior superior temporal sulcus (STS). In Experiment 2, we further examined the generalizability of the findings from Experiment 1 by testing another domain: shape mimetics. Our results show that the right posterior STS was active when subjects processed both motion and shape mimetic words, thus suggesting that this area may be the primary structure for processing sound symbolism. Increased activity in the right posterior STS may also reflect how sound symbolic words function as both linguistic and non-linguistic iconic symbols.
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author	Junko Kanero Mutsumi Imai Jiro Okuda Hiroyuki Okada Tetsuya Matsuda
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title	How sound symbolism is processed in the brain: a study on Japanese mimetic words.
title_short	How sound symbolism is processed in the brain: a study on Japanese mimetic words.
title_full	How sound symbolism is processed in the brain: a study on Japanese mimetic words.
title_fullStr	How sound symbolism is processed in the brain: a study on Japanese mimetic words.
title_full_unstemmed	How sound symbolism is processed in the brain: a study on Japanese mimetic words.
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publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2014
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How sound symbolism is processed in the brain: a study on Japanese mimetic words.

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