Disentangling Semantic Composition and Semantic Association in the Left Temporal Lobe
Jixing Li, Liina Pylkkänen
Abstract
Prior studies on semantic composition and associative encoding have been conducted independently within the subfields of language and memory, and they typically adopt similar two-word experimental paradigms. However, no direct comparison has been made on the neural substrates of the two processes. The current study relates the two streams of literature, and appeals to audiences in both subfields within cognitive neuroscience. Disentangling the neural computations for semantic composition and association also offers insight into modeling compositional and distributional semantics, which has been the subject of much discussion in natural language processing and cognitive science.
Topics & Concepts
Association (psychology)MagnetoencephalographySemantic memoryAssociative propertyDissociation (chemistry)NounPsychologyPrinciple of compositionalitySemantics (computer science)Temporal lobeComputer scienceLinguisticsArtificial intelligenceElectroencephalographyCognitionMathematicsNeuroscienceProgramming languagePure mathematicsChemistryPhysical chemistryPhilosophyEpilepsyPsychotherapistNeurobiology of Language and BilingualismReading and Literacy DevelopmentNeuroscience and Music Perception