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Semantic processing in language comprehension: evidence from multi-methodologies

WANG Suiping^*, HUANG Jian

Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Mental Health and Cognitive Science, Center for the Study of Applied Psychology, and School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China

Abstract

Semantic processing plays a key role in the language comprehension. In the past more than two decades, by using different kinds of cognitive neuroscience methods, the time course and the neural basis of semantic processing had been comprehensively

investigated, and a few classic models had been proposed based on these studies. Future studies should focus more on a precise and systematic definition of the concept of semantic processing. Furthermore, by using the convergence evidence from multi-methodologies,

more systematic studies on semantic processing should be carried out from the perspective of the wholeness and the interactivity of the brain function to understand the processes. 

Key words: language comprehension; semantic processing; multi-modeling imaging

Received: 2018-05-11　　Accepted: 2018-07-30

Corresponding author: 王穗苹　　E-mail: wangsuiping@m.scnu.edu.cn

DOI: 10.13294/j.aps.2018.0075

Citing This Article：

WANG Suiping, HUANG Jian. Semantic processing in language comprehension: evidence from multi-methodologies. Acta Physiol Sin 2019; 71 (1): 127-139 (in Chinese with English abstract).