Re: John O'Keefe's theories on Language & The Cognitive Map

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, posted Mon, 24 
Nov 2003 12:43:07 -0000, "Daniel Kelly \(AKA Jack\)" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says...

:Hello,
:
:Are you aware of John O'Keefe's theories of language (e.g. O'Keefe '96 &
:O'Keefe '01), in which he extends his Cognitive Map theories (O'Keefe &
:Nadel 1978) to human behaviour?  If so, please let me know what you think of
:them... for example: do you agree with O'Keefe that prepositions can be
:thought of as defining the activity of boundary vector cells?  Do you agree
:that language requires an intrinsically spatial deep structure?  And did
:language really evolve for the purpose of communicating spatial knowledge
:(e.g. the food is over there, the enemies are behind us).  Why aren't
:linguists catching on to John O'Keefe's ideas?

If they aren't, perhaps it is because O'Keefe's work is 
written in neuroanatomical language. While there is some 
compelling evidence for some location mapping during 
language processing, it is not conclusive. Then there's the 
huge debate in psycholinguistics over interactive vs 
modular processing models. 

Kali
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