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| Title |
Grasping the meaning of words
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Experimental Brain Research, October 2003
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00221-003-1659-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Scott Glover, David A. Rosenbaum, Jeremy Graham, Peter Dixon |
| Abstract |
Action affordances can be activated by non-target objects in the visual field as well as by word labels attached to target objects. These activations have been manifested in interference effects of distractors and words on actions. We examined whether affordances could be activated implicitly by words representing graspable objects that were either large (e.g., APPLE) or small (e.g., GRAPE) relative to the target. Subjects first read a word and then grasped a wooden block. Interference effects of the words arose in the early portions of the grasping movements. Specifically, early in the movement, reading a word representing a large object led to a larger grip aperture than reading a word representing a small object. This difference diminished as the hand approached the target, suggesting on-line correction of the semantic effect. The semantic effect and its on-line correction are discussed in the context of ecological theories of visual perception, the distinction between movement planning and control, and the proximity of language and motor planning systems in the human brain. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 164 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| United States | 3 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 150 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 41 | 25% |
| Researcher | 34 | 21% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 13 | 8% |
| Professor | 10 | 6% |
| Other | 28 | 17% |
| Unknown | 24 | 15% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 83 | 51% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 10% |
| Neuroscience | 11 | 7% |
| Linguistics | 6 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 17 | 10% |
| Unknown | 26 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 October 2013.
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