In contrast, sequences of unfamiliar complex sounds cannot be mapped onto long-term abstract representations and must instead be stored as consecutive segments of information for subsequent processing.
Interpreting these results in the rubric of hierarchical processing and the predictive coding account of brain function (Mumford 1992; Friston 2005; Schofield et al. 2009) suggest that long-term, abstract representations of words are encoded in the left IFG and are engaged soon after visual presentation.
Individuals' construal of an event depends on its proximity [ 41]; people view events in the long term future as more abstract and uncertain relative to proximal events, which they see more clearly and assess with greater certainty [ 42].
They could be long term, like becoming a doctor, more abstract, like becoming a better friend, or more short-term, like making your bed every day or running a 5K within a month.
I want to find a professional team where I am a starter and make the next World Cup team, but these are both long-term and abstract goals that are not fully within my control.
In contrast, categorization of familiar phonemic patterns is mediated by long-term, highly abstract, and categorical representations in left mSTS.
The neuropsychological examination included the Swedish version of the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), 12 as well as tests of short-term and long-term memory, abstract thinking, aphasia, apraxia and agnosia.
In an area like Pearl Lagoon, where unemployment and poverty is widespread, "and the focus of attention is meeting the immediate needs of the day, not the long-term, seemingly abstract needs of resource management" (Christie 1999, pp. 347 348), this argument easily hits home.
Graphical abstract Legacy Indicator Tool for tracking long term climate effects on built cultural heritage.
Positive outcomes are more abstract and partly manifest in the long term [11].
"Think long term," he said.
