INCYT   25562
INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIA COGNITIVA Y TRASLACIONAL
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
The name of the nose: Automatic FFA activity predicts stimulus type before conscious categorization of face-related words
Autor/es:
EUGENIA HESSE; AGUSTÍN IBÁÑEZ; FEDERICO ADOLFI; ADOLFO M. GARCÍA; EZEQUIEL MIKULAN; LUCAS SEDEÑO
Reunión:
Encuentro; THE 20th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF CONSIOUSNESS; 2016
Resumen:
According to the embodied cognition framework [1], word meaning depends on fast, unconscious reactivations of sensorimotor circuits engaged by relevant extralinguistic experiences. Despite abundant compatible evidence, this view has been criticized because most reported effects lack fine-grained neuroanatomical precision and are not rapid enough to rule out post-comprehension (e.g., imagery) effects. To address both issues, we profited from the excellent spatio-temporal resolution of intracranial recordings to assess whether face-related words, relative to words denoting non-facial body parts, yielded early resonance in the highly specialized fusiform face area (FFA).