Computer Model Reveals How Brain Represents Meaning

Sunday, June 1, 2008 - 22:14 in Biology & Nature

Scientists have taken an important step toward understanding how the human brain codes the meanings of words by creating the first computational model that can predict the unique brain activation patterns associated with names for things that you can see, hear, feel, taste or smell. The model predicts brain activation patterns for thousands of concrete nouns.

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