http://brainblogger.com/2010/02/25/how-your-brain-groups-words/ Topics from multidimensional biopsychosocial perspectives Thu, 24 May 2012 17:34:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://brainblogger.com/2010/02/25/how-your-brain-groups-words/#comment-598152 Mister Houston Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:25:06 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=3820#comment-598152 It's amazing how the brain works. It’s amazing how the brain works.

]]> http://brainblogger.com/2010/02/25/how-your-brain-groups-words/#comment-598100 Weekly Wisdom Roundup #67 (The Weekly Best Of The Week!) | Economic models | Alphaverse.com Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:04:25 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=3820#comment-598100 [...] How Your Brain Groups Words - via Brain Blogger – When you say or hear a concrete noun, such as “apple”, what happens in your mind? Even without seeing a physical apple in front of you, your brain is drawing up an image of an apple, maybe the last one you ate or saw in the stores or on TV. A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon used an fMRI (functional magnetic resonance image) machine to find out. Rather than using complex transparent concepts, like “honesty”, the team used simple words that convey physical, everyday objects to see which parts of the brain was activated. The goal was to see how the brain functions when we think of an object, rather than just trying to see an object in our mind. The brain was activated in many different parts for the simplest words, showing a complex, networked effect for even the easiest thoughts. [...] [...] How Your Brain Groups Words – via Brain Blogger – When you say or hear a concrete noun, such as “apple”, what happens in your mind? Even without seeing a physical apple in front of you, your brain is drawing up an image of an apple, maybe the last one you ate or saw in the stores or on TV. A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon used an fMRI (functional magnetic resonance image) machine to find out. Rather than using complex transparent concepts, like “honesty”, the team used simple words that convey physical, everyday objects to see which parts of the brain was activated. The goal was to see how the brain functions when we think of an object, rather than just trying to see an object in our mind. The brain was activated in many different parts for the simplest words, showing a complex, networked effect for even the easiest thoughts. [...]

]]> http://brainblogger.com/2010/02/25/how-your-brain-groups-words/#comment-598098 Simoleon Sense » Blog Archive » Weekly Wisdom Roundup #67 (The Weekly Best Of The Week!) Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:51:16 +0000 http://brainblogger.com/?p=3820#comment-598098 [...] How Your Brain Groups Words - via Brain Blogger – When you say or hear a concrete noun, such as “apple”, what happens in your mind? Even without seeing a physical apple in front of you, your brain is drawing up an image of an apple, maybe the last one you ate or saw in the stores or on TV. A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon used an fMRI (functional magnetic resonance image) machine to find out. Rather than using complex transparent concepts, like “honesty”, the team used simple words that convey physical, everyday objects to see which parts of the brain was activated. The goal was to see how the brain functions when we think of an object, rather than just trying to see an object in our mind. The brain was activated in many different parts for the simplest words, showing a complex, networked effect for even the easiest thoughts. [...] [...] How Your Brain Groups Words – via Brain Blogger – When you say or hear a concrete noun, such as “apple”, what happens in your mind? Even without seeing a physical apple in front of you, your brain is drawing up an image of an apple, maybe the last one you ate or saw in the stores or on TV. A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon used an fMRI (functional magnetic resonance image) machine to find out. Rather than using complex transparent concepts, like “honesty”, the team used simple words that convey physical, everyday objects to see which parts of the brain was activated. The goal was to see how the brain functions when we think of an object, rather than just trying to see an object in our mind. The brain was activated in many different parts for the simplest words, showing a complex, networked effect for even the easiest thoughts. [...]

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