COGS 1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Inferior Frontal Gyrus, Coprolalia, Embodied Cognition
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Are there any linguistic characteristics that are associated with taboo words (eg. word length, syllable structure, etc. ) Japan has no class of words deemed offensive. Quebec the most profane words you see are called sacres related to catholic rituals. Acquired the meaning "penis" from the military. Sacres developed negative connotations as a social tool of subversion against the oppressive catholic church. Sigmund freud thought that speech errors represented subconscious thoughts. More likely to have errors on neutral words. And image is shown with a distracting word written on it. Then the word is a swear word it takes longer to name the object. Brain works overtime to evaluate the appropriateness of the word. Reveals that brain has a control center: right inferior frontal gyrus. Had bro(cid:272)a"s aphasia (cid:271)efore it (cid:449)as ide(cid:374)tified. Recovered eventually and studied people like him. Patients whose left hemisphere was removed lost the ability to speak but could still swear.
