Brain and the Lexicon by Fabrizio Calzavarini

Author:Fabrizio Calzavarini
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9783030275884
Publisher: Springer International Publishing

Despite SM’s referential competence with words such as fear, scared, or terrorized was totally damaged, she was perfectly able to use these words in everyday verbal conversation:

[t]he above results might suggest that SM simply lacks the concept of fear, and thus cannot evoke this concept when she encounters a facial expression that denotes it. However, our interviews with her revealed that she does know (a) what sort of situations would evoke fear in people (being threatened, being alone in a dark alley at night, and so on), and (b) how frightened people tend to behave (their heart pounds, they may scream, and they try to run away). During the course of extensive interview, SM used the words fear, afraid, frightened appropriately (Adolphs et al. 1995, p. 5889).

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