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    "pk": 25789,
    "title": "Constructing meaning:\nMaterial products of a creative activity engage the social brain",
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    "abstract": "Symbolic artifacts present a challenge to theories of\nneurocognitive processing due to their dual nature: they are\nboth physical objects and vehicles of social meanings. While\ntheir physical properties can be read of the surface structure,\nthe meaning of symbolic artifacts depends on their\nembeddedness in cultural practices. In this study, participants\nbuilt models of LEGO bricks to illustrate their understanding\nof abstract concepts. Subsequently, they were scanned with\nfMRI while presented to photographs of their own and others’\nmodels. When participants attended to the meaning of the\nmodels, we observed activations associated with social\ncognition and semantics. In contrast, when attending to the\nphysical properties, we observed activations related to object\nrecognition and manipulation. Furthermore, when contrasting\nown and others’ models, we found activations in areas\nassociated with autobiographical memory and agency. Our\nfindings support a view of symbolic artifacts as neurocognitive\ntrails of human social interactions.",
    "language": "eng",
    "license": {
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        "url": ""
    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "symbolic artifacts; mPFC; TPJ; IFG; social\ncognition; cultural practice"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Papers",
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    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Kristian",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Tylen",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Aarhus Universitet",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Johanne",
            "middle_name": "Stege",
            "last_name": "Bjorndahl",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Aarhus Universitet",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Andreas",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Roepstorff",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Aarhus Universitet",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Riccardo",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Fusaroli",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Aarhus Universitet",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2015-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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