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Penny M. Pexman

Western UniversityORCID 0000-0001-7130-0973Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Organism:human· 2 Assay:imaging· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2

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Richard J. BinneyiD· 2 shared Doina-Irina GiurgeaiD· 1 shared Emiko J. MurakiiD· 1 shared Veronica DiveicaiD· 1 shared

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NeurosciencebioRxivPreprintSep 8, 2026

Social Experience and Motivated Cognition Shape the Representation of Concepts: A Behavioural and Functional Neuroimaging Study

Doina-Irina Giurgea, Veronica Diveica, Penny M. Pexman, Richard J. Binney

This study investigates how social experience and motivation influence semantic concept processing using behavioral and fMRI data, finding distinct neural patterns for social concepts and their independence from motivation.

DOI 10.64898/2026.09.03.749162

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NeuroscienceHuman Brain MappingPeer-reviewedApr 15, 2025

Mapping Contributions of the Anterior Temporal Semantic Hub to the Processing of Abstract and Concrete Verbs

Emiko J. Muraki, Penny M. Pexman, Richard J. Binney

The paper investigates how abstract and concrete verbs are processed in the brain, finding that all abstract verb types engage the vATL except mental state verbs, and that different verb types activate distinct ATL clusters.

6 citations

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