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Which of the following pieces of evidence is hardest to reconcile with the view that all linguistic knowledge comes from direct sensorimotor experience? (Note: some of these might simply be described as "irrelevant".) Reading sentences about abstract concepts like time results in activation of parts of the brain associated with navigating space. Applying TMS to the motor cortex facilitates comprehension of action words. Blind individuals perform similarly to sighted individuals in a task that involves assessing how likely two objects are to have the same color. Lesions to the visual cortex are correlated with difficulty understanding words about vision. Parts of the brain associated with executing motor actions receive more blood flow while reading words about those motor action.
According to research discussed in class, iconic words are: Extremely common, e.g., more than -95% of the lexicon. Better suited to conveying abstract concepts than arbitrary words. Harder to learn than arbitrary words. More likely to be learned earlier during development.
According to research discussed in class, iconic communication systems: Display less flexibility than arbitrary communication systems. Help scaffold our understanding of abstract concepts. Tend to emerge out of more arbitrary communication systems, i.e., there is a "drift towards iconicity".
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