Grammar originates in action planning, not in cognitive and sensorimotor visual systems

• Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences Vol. 26; no. 3; p. 287
• Main Author: Bridgeman, Bruce
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.06.2003
• Subjects: Cognitive ability; Language; Sensorimotor system

While the PREDICATE(x) structure requires close coordination of subject and predicate, both represented in consciousness, the cognitive (ventral), and sensorimotor (dorsal) pathways operate in parallel. Sensorimotor information is unconscious and can contradict cognitive spatial information. A more...