The ontological priority of representations: The case of mirror neurons and language

Marco Iacoboni

doi:10.1075/ld.1.1.03iac

ISSN 2210-4119
E-ISSN: 2210-4127

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The ontological priority of representations: The case of mirror neurons and language
Author(s): Marco Iacoboni ¹
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¹ David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Source: Language and Dialogue, Volume 1, Issue 1, Jan 2011, p. 7 - 20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/ld.1.1.03iac

Abstract

This paper reviews empirical data from monkey neurophysiology and human brain imaging regarding mirror neurons and language. These data are interpreted as suggesting that some of our cognitive intuitions about language and representations may be misleading. For centuries, representations have been conceptualized as secondary, both temporally and spatially, to a primary entity. What if representations have ontological priority? Can we even conceive this idea?

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Keyword(s): human brain imaging; language and representations; mirror neurons; monkey neurophysiology; ontological priority

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