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Abstract images and words can convey the same meaning

Intuitively, deriving meaning from an abstract image is a uniquely human, idiosyncratic experience. Here we show that, despite having no universally recognised lexical association, abstract images spontaneously elicit specific concepts conveyed by words, with a consistency akin to that of concrete i...

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Autores principales: Kuipers, Jan Rouke, Jones, Manon Wyn, Thierry, Guillaume
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5940816/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29740010
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-25441-5