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TY - JOUR
T1 - Spatial language, visual attention, and perceptual simulation
AU - Coventry, Kenny R.
AU - Lynott, Dermot
AU - Cangelosi, Angelo
AU - Monrouxe, Lynn
AU - Joyce, Dan
AU - Richardson, Daniel C.
PY - 2010/3
Y1 - 2010/3
N2 - Spatial language descriptions, such as The bottle is over the glass, direct the attention of the hearer to particular aspects of the visual world. This paper asks how they do so, and what brain mechanisms underlie this process. In two experiments employing behavioural and eye tracking methodologies we examined the effects of spatial language on people's judgements and parsing of a visual scene. The results underscore previous claims regarding the importance of object function in spatial language, but also show how spatial language differentially directs attention during examination of a visual scene. We discuss implications for existing models of spatial language, with associated brain mechanisms.
AB - Spatial language descriptions, such as The bottle is over the glass, direct the attention of the hearer to particular aspects of the visual world. This paper asks how they do so, and what brain mechanisms underlie this process. In two experiments employing behavioural and eye tracking methodologies we examined the effects of spatial language on people's judgements and parsing of a visual scene. The results underscore previous claims regarding the importance of object function in spatial language, but also show how spatial language differentially directs attention during examination of a visual scene. We discuss implications for existing models of spatial language, with associated brain mechanisms.
KW - WORLD KNOWLEDGE
KW - COMPREHENSION
KW - TIME
KW - MOTION
KW - INTERPLAY
KW - GEOMETRY
KW - EYE-MOVEMENTS
KW - FUNCTIONAL INFLUENCES
KW - Spatial language
KW - Visual attention
KW - MODELS
KW - Motion processing
KW - TRACKING
KW - Perceptual simulation
U2 - 10.1016/j.bandl.2009.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.bandl.2009.06.001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 112
SP - 202
EP - 213
JO - Brain and Language
JF - Brain and Language
SN - 0093-934X
IS - 3
ER -