From engrams to schemas: Implications of engram research for usage-based models of language

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333205659" target="_blank" >https://obd.upol.cz/id_publ/333205659</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2024.103788" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.lingua.2024.103788</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

From engrams to schemas: Implications of engram research for usage-based models of language

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

One of the principal concepts instrumental in cognitive linguistic research is that of schemas, defined as general, partly abstract mental outlines shared by the memories of specific concepts and experiences. They are mental frameworks guiding the way we perceive and remember information, and they play a major role in language learning and processing. While the concept of schemas has been addressed by many authors, who have described their nature and functioning, our understanding of schematic knowledge is still relatively speculative. For example, to account for how schemas emerge, “lossy compression” is postulated, which means that abstraction is achieved through forgetting. Such conjectures can be tested against some recent insights from memory research on engrams, defined roughly as networks of neurons activated in the processing of specific pieces of information. This overview paper presents findings from engram research suggesting that abstract schemas form in ways other than simple forgetting or erasure of information from memory. Instead, abstraction is achieved by accumulating different representation strengths for memory traces underlying frequent and infrequent (incidental) information.

Název v anglickém jazyce

From engrams to schemas: Implications of engram research for usage-based models of language

Popis výsledku anglicky

One of the principal concepts instrumental in cognitive linguistic research is that of schemas, defined as general, partly abstract mental outlines shared by the memories of specific concepts and experiences. They are mental frameworks guiding the way we perceive and remember information, and they play a major role in language learning and processing. While the concept of schemas has been addressed by many authors, who have described their nature and functioning, our understanding of schematic knowledge is still relatively speculative. For example, to account for how schemas emerge, “lossy compression” is postulated, which means that abstraction is achieved through forgetting. Such conjectures can be tested against some recent insights from memory research on engrams, defined roughly as networks of neurons activated in the processing of specific pieces of information. This overview paper presents findings from engram research suggesting that abstract schemas form in ways other than simple forgetting or erasure of information from memory. Instead, abstraction is achieved by accumulating different representation strengths for memory traces underlying frequent and infrequent (incidental) information.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

LINGUA

ISSN

0024-3841

e-ISSN

1872-6135

Svazek periodika

308

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

103788

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

17

Strana od-do

1-17

Kód UT WoS článku

001287703000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85200122089