title: GRAPES-Grounding representations in action, perception, and emotion systems: How object properties and categories are represented in the human brain.
abstract: In this article, I discuss some of the latest functional neuroimaging findings on the organization of object concepts in the human brain. I argue that these data provide strong support for viewing concepts as the products of highly interactive neural circuits grounded in the action, perception, and emotion systems. The nodes of these circuits are defined by regions representing specific object properties (e.g., form, color, and motion) and thus are property-specific, rather than strictly modality-specific. How these circuits are modified by external and internal environmental demands, the distinction between representational content and format, and the grounding of abstract social concepts are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Brain and Cognition, National Institute of Mental Health, Building 10, Room 4C-104, 10 Center Drive MSC 1366, Bethesda, MD, 20892-1366, USA. alexmartin@mail.nih.gov.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain; D003210:Concept Formation; D004644:Emotions; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory; D009434:Neural Pathways; D059906:Neuroimaging; D010465:Perception; D011582:Psychological Theory
keywords: Cognitive neuroscience of memory; Concepts and categories; Embodied cognition; Neuroimaging and memory