Language Processing Differences between Blind and Sighted Individuals and the Abstract versus Concrete Concept Difference

Autor/inn/en	Canessa, Enrique; Chaigneau, Sergio E.; Moreno, Sebastián
Titel	Language Processing Differences between Blind and Sighted Individuals and the Abstract versus Concrete Concept Difference
Quelle	In: Cognitive Science, 45 (2021) 10, (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chaigneau, Sergio E.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-6709
DOI	10.1111/cogs.13044
Schlagwörter	Language Processing; Concept Formation; Semantics; Visual Impairments; Abstract Reasoning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Concept learning; Begriffsbildung; Semantik; Visual handicap; Sehbehinderung; Abstraktes Denken; Denken
Abstract	In the property listing task (PLT), participants are asked to list properties for a concept (e.g., for the concept "dog," "barks," and "is a pet" may be produced). In conceptual property norming (CPNs) studies, participants are asked to list properties for large sets of concepts. Here, we use a mathematical model of the property listing process to explore two longstanding issues: characterizing the difference between concrete and abstract concepts, and characterizing semantic knowledge in the blind versus sighted population. When we apply our mathematical model to a large CPN reporting properties listed by sighted and blind participants, the model uncovers significant differences between concrete and abstract concepts. Though we also find that blind individuals show many of the same processing differences between abstract and concrete concepts found in sighted individuals, our model shows that those differences are noticeably less pronounced than in sighted individuals. We discuss our results vis-a-vis theories attempting to characterize abstract concepts. (As Provided).
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