5. Cerebral lateralization for cognitive and linguistic abilities

Chernigovskaya, Tatiana V.

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“…Research from a broad spectrum of studies (Chernigovskaya, 1994;Kosslyn, and Koenig, 1995) supports the general consensus that metaphoric understanding "magical thinking" with their beliefs in multiple Gods and spirits who were thought to influence their lives and actions. It is not unreasonable to assume that this "magical" cultural state could provide an affective base for generating a "poetic" language.…”

Section: Neurological Findings Consistent With Rh Dominancementioning

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“…Increasingly, it is being recognized (Best and Avery, 1999;Chernigovskaya, 1994;Deacon, 1997;Galin et al, 1992;Ornstein, 1997;Metcalfe, Funnell, and Gazzaniga, 1995) that the development of certain aspects of lateralization are influenced by the environment. Ornstein (1997) has noted that "It is likely that the culture one encounters at birth and first few years affects the way the hemispheres are organized" (p. 38).…”

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“…A characteristic of oral traditions and stories is that they are concrete and rigid in their order and presentation. (Chernigovskaya, 1994). Rigidity appears to be a characteristic associated with RH functioning Zaidel (1994) suggests that RH rigidity is probably a requirement for a cognitive system that specializes in spatial perception and recognition…”

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“…I reworded the narrative, complying to audience demand for what had been said before, as other oral narrators have often done" (p. 67). Both Chernigovskaya (1994) and Skoyles (1988) -and correctly, I think -note the parallels between the cognitive effects of non literacy and the cognitive characteristics of young children.…”

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“…Most researchers agree that metaphorical polysemy would require the storage of a large stock of separate words. Both Chernigovskaya, 1994 andChiarello (1991 ) suggest that it is the RH that stores the many multiple meanings of words, which the LH narrows to the correct one for the given situation.…”

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Cognitive Science and the Origin of Lexical Metaphor: A Neurofunctional Shift (NFS) Hypothesis

Haskell¹

2007

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A long-standing and cardinal issue in the cognitive science and humanities research literatures on lexical metaphor is whether figurative language is derived from literal language. In examining this issue, research from a broad spectrum of studies in both cognitive science and the humanities is addressed with particular attention to findings from classicist research on ancient Greek texts, on the cognitive significance of the invention of the Crreek vocalic alphabet. These findings are related to current research on brain hemispheric laterality. It will be suggested that lexical metaphor was originally not a linguistic figure-of speech derived from literal language but only later came to be so conceptualized as the consequence of a neurofunctional shift (NFS) in hemispheric laterality, a shift that was precipitated in part by the invention and adoption of the Crreek vocalic alphabet. It will be further suggested that the prevailing view of metaphor as a linguistic figure of speech is the consequence of an inappropriate cognitive turn that resulted in a superimposition or back scanning of a modern alphabetic-based epistemology on to phenomena originating in a preliterate culture.Metaphor has long been a subject of inquiry by investigators in the humanities Black,

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Cognitive Science and the Origin of Lexical Metaphor: A Neurofunctional Shift (NFS) Hypothesis

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2007

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Specialization of cerebral hemispheres in the perception of Russian intonations

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Sensorimotor and cognitive laterality profiles

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Voinov

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Hum Physiol

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Different types of functional asymmetries, which form individual laterality profiles, were compared with the use of a battery of sensorimotor and cognitive laterality tests (TOPOS), the Benziger thinking style assessment (BTSA) test, the Cattell 17PF test, and psychosemantic multidimensional scaling. The proportion of men was shown to be higher among individuals with the left-side, symmetrical, and intersecting motor laterality profiles. Men with a dominant left leg or without asymmetry in the profile were more frequent than women, whereas women prevailed among persons with a dominant left eye. Different laterality profiles were obtained for different factors of the Cattell test. Comparison of the sensorimotor laterality and the BTSA data showed that more than half of persons with the left-hemispheric sensorimotor profile prefer right-hemispheric cognitive strategies. The results suggest that lateralities of different types may be nonuniform.

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5. Cerebral lateralization for cognitive and linguistic abilities

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Cognitive Science and the Origin of Lexical Metaphor: A Neurofunctional Shift (NFS) Hypothesis

Cognitive Science and the Origin of Lexical Metaphor: A Neurofunctional Shift (NFS) Hypothesis

Specialization of cerebral hemispheres in the perception of Russian intonations

Sensorimotor and cognitive laterality profiles

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