A saw is first identified as an object used on wood: ERP evidence for temporal differences between Thematic and Functional similarity relations

Wamain, Yannick; Pluciennicka, Ewa; Kalénine, Solène

doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2015.02.034

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“…Moreover, results are unlikely related to the explicit demands of the forced-choice task. Recent eye-tracking and neurophysiological studies providing implicit measures of semantic processing showed faster processing of thematic relations compared to taxonomic semantic relations (based on shared features) during identification of manipulable artifact objects (Kalénine, Mirman, Middleton, & Buxbaum, 2012; Wamain, Pluciennicka, & Kalénine, 2015). Thus, the present results confirm the advantage of thematic relations for artifacts and suggest that this advantage remains highly stable over age and tasks.…”

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Thematic knowledge, artifact concepts, and the left posterior temporal lobe: Where action and object semantics converge

Kalénine

Buxbaum

2016

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Converging evidence supports the existence of functionally and neuroanatomically distinct taxonomic (similarity-based; e.g., hammer-screwdriver) and thematic (event-based; e.g., hammer-nail) semantic systems. Processing of thematic relations between objects has been shown to selectively recruit the left posterior temporoparietal cortex. Similar posterior regions have been also been shown to be critical for knowledge of relationships between actions and manipulable human-made objects (artifacts). Based on the hypothesis that thematic relationships for artifacts are based, at least in part, on action relationships, we assessed the prediction that the same regions of the left posterior temporoparietal cortex would be critical for conceptual processing of artifact-related actions and thematic relations for artifacts. To test this hypothesis, we evaluated processing of taxonomic and thematic relations for artifact and natural objects as well as artifact action knowledge (gesture recognition) abilities in a large sample of 48 stroke patients with a range of lesion foci in the left hemisphere. Like control participants, patients identified thematic relations faster than taxonomic relations for artifacts, whereas they identified taxonomic relations faster than thematic relations for natural objects. Moreover, response times for identifying thematic relations for artifacts selectively predicted performance in gesture recognition. Whole brain Voxel Based Lesion-Symptom Mapping (VLSM) analyses and Region of Interest (ROI) regression analyses further demonstrated that lesions to the left posterior temporal cortex, overlapping with LTO and visual motion area hMT+, were associated both with relatively slower response times in identifying thematic relations for artifacts and poorer artifact action knowledge in patients. These findings provide novel insights into the functional role of left posterior temporal cortex in thematic knowledge, and suggest that the close association between thematic relations for artifacts and action representations may reflect their common dependence on visual motion and manipulation information.

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Thematic knowledge, artifact concepts, and the left posterior temporal lobe: Where action and object semantics converge

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Buxbaum

2016

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“…Converging evidence from about a dozen independent studies makes a strong case for a specific neural dissociation between taxonomic and thematic semantics: anterior temporal lobes (ATL) are particularly important for taxonomic semantic processing and the temporo-parietal cortex (TPC) is particularly important for thematic semantic processing (Bedny et al, 2014; Davey et al, 2016; de Zubicaray et al, 2013; Geng & Schnur, 2016; Henseler et al, 2014; Kalénine & Buxbaum, 2016; Kalénine et al, 2009; Lee et al, 2014; Merck et al, 2014; Mirman & Graziano, 2012a; Schwartz et al, 2011; Tsagkaridis et al, 2014; Wamain et al, 2015). These studies include functional neuroimaging of neurologically typical adults, brain stimulation studies, and studies of individuals with neurogenic deficits of language and semantic memory.…”

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Taxonomic and thematic semantic systems.

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2017

Psychological Bulletin

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Object concepts are critical for nearly all aspects of human cognition, from perception tasks like object recognition, to understanding and producing language, to making meaningful actions. Concepts can have two very different kinds of relations: similarity relations based on shared features (e.g., dog – bear), which are called “taxonomic” relations, and contiguity relations based on co-occurrence in events or scenarios (e.g., dog – leash), which are called “thematic” relations. Here we report a systematic review of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience evidence of this distinction in the structure of semantic memory. We propose two principles that may drive the development of distinct taxonomic and thematic semantic systems: (1) differences between which features determine taxonomic vs. thematic relations and (2) differences in the processing required to extract taxonomic vs. thematic relations. This review brings together distinct threads of behavioral, computational, and neuroscience research on semantic memory in support of a functional and neural dissociation, and defines a framework for future studies of semantic memory.

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“…The monitoring of eye movements revealed that distractors related in terms of manipulation competed for attention more than unrelated objects during the word-to-picture matching task, indicating that manipulation knowledge participates in object identification. On the other hand, several studies in healthy adults have found that object functional attributes are also implicitly activated by visual objects by using similar priming and eye-tracking paradigms (Schreuder et al, 1984; Yee et al, 2011; Kalénine et al, 2012; Wamain et al, 2015). Thus, both function and manipulation knowledge may be implicitly activated during object visual processing.…”

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The Development of Object Function and Manipulation Knowledge: Evidence from a Semantic Priming Study

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Object semantics include object function and manipulation knowledge. Function knowledge refers to the goal attainable by using an object (e.g., the function of a key is to open or close a door) while manipulation knowledge refers to gestures one has to execute to use an object appropriately (e.g., a key is held between the thumb and the index, inserted into the door lock and then turned). To date, several studies have assessed function and manipulation knowledge in brain lesion patients as well as in healthy adult populations. In patients with left brain damage, a double dissociation between these two types of knowledge has been reported; on the other hand, behavioral studies in healthy adults show that function knowledge is processed faster than manipulation knowledge. Empirical evidence has shown that object interaction in children differs from that in adults, suggesting that the access to function and manipulation knowledge in children might also differ. To investigate the development of object function and manipulation knowledge, 51 typically developing 8-9-10 year-old children and 17 healthy young adults were tested on a naming task associated with a semantic priming paradigm (190-ms SOA; prime duration: 90 ms) in which a series of line drawings of manipulable objects were used. Target objects could be preceded by three priming contexts: related (e.g., knife-scissors for function; key-screwdriver for manipulation), unrelated but visually similar (e.g., glasses-scissors; baseball bat-screwdriver), and purely unrelated (e.g., die-scissors; tissue-screwdriver). Results showed a different developmental pattern of function and manipulation priming effects. Function priming effects were not present in children and emerged only in adults, with faster naming responses for targets preceded by objects sharing the same function. In contrast, manipulation priming effects were already present in 8-year-olds with faster naming responses for targets preceded by objects sharing the same manipulation and these decreased linearly between 8 and 10 years of age, 10-year-olds not differing from adults. Overall, results show that the access to object function and manipulation knowledge changes during development by favoring manipulation knowledge in childhood and function knowledge in adulthood.

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A saw is first identified as an object used on wood: ERP evidence for temporal differences between Thematic and Functional similarity relations

Cited by 28 publications

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Thematic knowledge, artifact concepts, and the left posterior temporal lobe: Where action and object semantics converge

Thematic knowledge, artifact concepts, and the left posterior temporal lobe: Where action and object semantics converge

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The Development of Object Function and Manipulation Knowledge: Evidence from a Semantic Priming Study

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