In order to find our way in the world, we classify it into concepts, such as „telephone“ or „cat“. Until now, however, it was unclear how the brain retrieves these when we only encounter the word, that is when we do not see, hear, or feel the objects directly. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences have now developed a model of how the brain processes abstract knowledge. They found that depending on which features one concentrates on, the corresponding brain regions go into action.
If, on the other hand, we call up the overall concept of „telephone“, in addition