Cognitive processes of nonliteral comprehension of utterances

• Project/Area Number: 20530654
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Experimental psychology
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: ABE Junichi Hokkaido University, 名誉教授 (40091409)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: 認知過程 / 発話 / 理解 / 意味 / 意図 / 言語理解 / 非字義的理解 / fMRI / アイロニー / 非字義的意味

Research Abstract

This study explored the conditions under which an utterance was interpreted as an ironical expression, not as a literal expression. This study also examined how different the fMRI neural responses in each case of literal and ironical interpretations of utterances. The results of the experiments suggest that a nonliteral meaning of an utterance and a communicative connotation of the utterance are separable products from the different neural networks in the brain.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] アイロニーによる非難の対象は反復的言及によって同定されるか (2010)
  • Author(s): 石田容士・阿部純一
  • Journal Title: 心理学研究 80(6) Pages: 485-493
  • NAID: 130002140460
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Neural substrates of irony comprehension : A functional MRI study. (2010)
  • Author(s): Shibata M., Toyomura A., Itoh H., Abe J.
  • Journal Title: Brain Research 1308 Pages: 114-123
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Neural substrates of irony comprehension : A functional MRI study (2010)
  • Author(s): Shibata, M., Toyomura, A., Itoh, H., Abe, J.
  • Journal Title: Brain Research Vol.1308 Pages: 114-123
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] アイロニーによる非難の対象は反復的言及によって同定されるか (2010)
  • Author(s): 石田容士・阿部純一
  • Journal Title: 心理学研究 第80巻 Pages: 485-493
  • NAID: 130002140460
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 声質の記憶に対して話される言葉の有意味性は影響を与えるか (2009)
  • Author(s): 杉野祐太・阿部純一
  • Journal Title: 2009年度HCGシンポジウム論文集 HCG2009-1-7(CD-ROM)
• [Journal Article] 相対的形容詞文の意味処理における比較基準の利用 (2009)
  • Author(s): 島田浩二・阿部純一
  • Journal Title: 2009年度HCGシンポジウム論文集 HCG2009-1-8(CD-ROM)
• [Journal Article] 第二言語の視覚的単語認知の処理パターン-日本母語話者と中国語母語話者の比較- (2008)
  • Author(s): 王崙・阿部純一
  • Journal Title: 基礎心理学研究 27 Pages: 1-12
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 英語単語の読みにおける母語の影響-日本語と中国語の話者の比較- (2008)
  • Author(s): 王崙・阿部純一
  • Journal Title: 心理学研究 79 Pages: 342-350
  • NAID: 130000992446
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 日本語母語成人の英単語音読における綴りから発音への変換の特徴 (2008)
  • Author(s): 山田恵・阿部純一
  • Journal Title: Second Language 7 Pages: 25-41
  • NAID: 130003381606
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 知能としての言語と音楽(特別講演) (2010)
  • Author(s): 阿部純一
  • Organizer: 北海道心理学会第57回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌国際大学,札幌
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-10
• [Presentation] 知能とりての言語と音楽(特別講演) (2010)
  • Author(s): 阿部純一
  • Organizer: 北海道心理学会第57回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌国際大学(札幌市) 招待講演
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-10
• [Presentation] Neural processing of negative emotional information in irony comprehension : An fMRI study. (2010)
  • Author(s): Shibata M., Toyomura A., Itoh H., Shimada K., Abe J.
  • Organizer: The 16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping
  • Place of Presentation: Barcelona,Spain.
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-09
• [Presentation] Neural processing of negative emotional information in irony comprehension : An fMRI study. (2010)
  • Author(s): Shibat, M., Toymura, A., Itoh, H., Shimada, K., Abe, J.
  • Organizer: The 16th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping
  • Place of Presentation: Barcelona, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-09
• [Presentation] Neural mechanisms involved in irony comprehension (2009)
  • Author(s): 柴田みどり・豊村暁・伊藤博晃・阿部純一
  • Organizer: 第32回日本神経科学大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-17
• [Presentation] Comprehension of metaphor and simile : A functional MRI study. (2009)
  • Author(s): Shibata M., Toyomura A., Abe J.
  • Organizer: The 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA.
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-18
• [Presentation] Comprehension of metaphor and simile : A functional MRI study (2009)
  • Author(s): Shibata, M., Toyomura, A., Abe, J.
  • Organizer: The 15th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-18
• [Presentation] Neural substrates of irony comprehension: A functional MRI study. (2009)
  • Author(s): Shibata M., Toyomura A., Itoh H., Abe J.
  • Organizer: The 16th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, USA.
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-21
• [Presentation] Neural correlates of metaphor comprehension : The role of the right hemisphere. (2008)
  • Author(s): Shibata, M., Terao, A., Miyamoto, T., & Abe, J.
  • Organizer: The 14th Annual Meeting of the Organiz ation for Human Brain Mapping
  • Place of Presentation: Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-19
• [Presentation] Neural correlates of metaphor comprehension : The role of the right hemisphere. (2008)
  • Author(s): Shibata M., Terao A., Miyamoto T., Abe J.
  • Organizer: 14th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping
  • Place of Presentation: Melbourne, Australia.
  • Year and Date: 2008-06-15
• [Book] 知識の利用と表象(西川泰夫・阿部純一・仲真紀子・編,認知科学の展開) (2008)
  • Author(s): 阿部純一
  • Publisher: 放送大学教育振興会
• [Book] 言語理解(西川泰夫・阿部純一・仲真紀子・編,認知科学の展開) (2008)
  • Author(s): 阿部純一
  • Publisher: 放送大学教育振興会
• [Book] 認知科学の展開(西川泰夫・阿部純一・仲真紀子・編) (2008)
  • Author(s): 阿部純一
  • Total Pages: 326
  • Publisher: 放送大学教育振興会