Nonarbitrary phenomena in language, such as systematic association the form-meaning interface, have been widely reported literature. Exploiting associations previous studies demonstrated that pseudowords can be indicative of meaning. However, whether semantic activation from words and is supported by very same processes, activating a common memory system, currently not known. Here, we take advantage recent progresses computational linguistics models allowing to induce meaning representations...

Individuals who possess a Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) can remember their own lives in exceptional detail, retrieving specific autobiographical events response to dates (e.g., 15th April 1995). The phenomenon remains extremely rare, and little is known about why these individuals substantially more than the general population, without being continually flooded by past memories. According cognitive inhibition dependency hypothesis, inhibitory processes modulate memory...

Abstract Semantic knowledge plays an active role in many well-known false memory phenomena, including those emerging from the Deese–Roediger–McDermott (DRM) task. Indeed, this experimental paradigm, humans tend to falsely recognize newly presented words via activation of other previously shown stimuli. In present study we aimed test what happens cases which no apparent prior semantic is available, like case entirely novel lexical To do so, evaluated similarity effects a DRM task with lists...

Abstract Mounting evidence suggests that the cerebellum, a structure previously linked to motor function, is also involved in wide range of non-motor processes. It has been proposed cerebellum performs same computational processes both and domains. Within functions, integration signals from multiple systems. Here we hypothesized may be within semantic memory as well. Specifically, understanding noun-adjective combination (e.g. red apple) requires combining meaning adjective (red) with noun...

The exact semantic processes subserving the formation of false memories are still poorly understood. Here, we directly probed origins in a typical Deese-Roediger-McDermott (DRM) task, by predicting participants' performance this task through data-driven distributional models. Participants were required to study lists words and then perform recognition task. Our findings indicate that is better accounted for local rather than global strategy on at hand: single composing activate specific...

Abstract There is a fervent debate about the processes underpinning false memories formation. Seminal theories have suggested that semantic memory would be involved in production, while episodic counter their Yet, direct evidence corroborating such view still lacking. Here, we tested this possibility by asking participants to perform Deese–Roediger–McDermott (DRM) task, typical paradigm, which they had study lists of words and subsequently recognize distinguish them from new (i.e., items)....

Abstract Pseudowords such as “knackets” or “spechy”—letter strings that are consistent with the orthotactical rules of a language but do not appear in its lexicon—are traditionally considered to be meaningless, and employed empirical studies. However, recent studies show specific semantic patterns associated these words well effects on human pseudoword processing have cast doubt this view. While suggest pseudowords meanings, they provide only extremely limited insight whether humans able...

Semantic knowledge plays an active role in many well-known false memory phenomena, including those emerging from the Deese–Roediger–McDermott (DRM) task. In this experimental paradigm, indeed, humans tend to falsely recognize newly presented words via activation of other previously shown stimuli. present study we aimed test what happens cases which no apparent prior semantic is available, like case entirely novel lexical To do so, evaluated similarity effects a DRM task with lists composed...

Abstract The formation of false memories is one the most widely studied topics in cognitive psychology. Deese–Roediger–McDermott (DRM) paradigm a powerful tool for investigating and revealing mechanisms subserving their formation. In this task, participants first memorize list words (encoding phase) next have to indicate whether presented new were part initially memorized (recognition phase). By employing DRM lists optimized investigate semantic effects, previous studies highlighted crucial...

Cognitive maps are assumed to be fundamentally spatial and grounded only in perceptual processes, as supported by the discovery of functionally dedicated cell types human brain, which tile environment a maplike fashion. Challenging this view, we demonstrate that representations—such large-scale geographical maps—can well retrieved with high confidence from natural language through cognitively plausible artificial-intelligence models on basis nonspatial associative-learning mechanisms. More...

Abstract Although mouse‐tracking has been taken as a real‐time window on different aspects of human decision‐making processes, whether purely semantic information affects response conflict at the level motor output measured through mouse movements is still unknown. Here, across two experiments, we investigated effects knowledge by predicting participants’ performance in standard keyboard task and distributional semantics, usage‐based modeling approach to meaning. In Experiment 1,...

Abstract Valence is a dominant semantic dimension, and it fundamentally linked to basic approach-avoidance behavior within broad range of contexts. Previous studies have shown that possible approximate the valence existing words based on several surface-level components stimuli. Parallelly, recent even completely novel (apparently) meaningless stimuli, like pseudowords, can be informative meaning information they carry at subword level. Here, we aimed further extend this evidence by...

Although the cerebellum has long been believed to be involved uniquely in sensorimotor processes, recent research works pointed its participation a wide range of cognitive predictive functions. Here, we review available evidence supporting generalized role computation. We then discuss anatomo-physiological properties that make ideal hub brain. further argue cerebellar involvement cognition may follow continuous gradient, with higher activity occurring for tasks relying more on and outline...

The cognitive benefits of closed-skill sports practice have so far been scantily investigated. Here, we thus focused on the potential impact swimming and running - two that highly rely a precise control timing time processing. To investigate these perception estimation, three groups participants (for total eighty-four young adults) took part in present study: expert swimmers, runners, non-athletes. ability to process temporal information milliseconds seconds range was assessed through...

Abstract Although mouse-tracking has been seen as a real-time window into different aspects of human decision-making processes, currently little is known about how the decision process unfolds in veridical and false memory retrieval. Here, we directly investigated processes by predicting participants’ performance version typical Deese–Roediger–McDermott (DRM) task through distributional semantic models, usage-based approach to meaning. Participants were required study lists associated words...

Valence is a dominant semantic dimension, and it fundamentally linked to basic approach-avoidance behavior within broad range of contexts. Previous studies have shown that possible approximate the valence existing words based on several surface-level components stimuli. Parallelly, recent even completely novel (apparently) meaningless stimuli, like pseudowords, can be informative meaning information they carry at sub-word level. Here, we aimed further extend this evidence by investigating...

The human body is perhaps the most ubiquitous and salient visual stimulus that we encounter in our daily lives. Given prevalence of images bodies natural scene statistics, it no surprise mental representations are thought to strongly originate from experience. Yet, little still known about high-level cognitive body. Here, retrieved a map language, taking this as window into processes. We first extracted matrix distances between parts language data employed extrapolate map. To test...