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Physiological Basis and Innateness of Semantic Perception

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Semantic perception, as mentioned in the previous chapter, is the sixth sense of perception unique to the human brain, which is specially used to perceive and identify various semantic relationships in spoken language. Because it involves speech, the corresponding semantic recognition can only be carried out on the basis of speech perception and discrimination, so semantic perception actually has two functions: perception and discrimination of speech and analysis and recognition of semantics.

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He, K. (2019). Physiological Basis and Innateness of Semantic Perception. In: Semantic Perception Theory. Perspectives on Rethinking and Reforming Education. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1104-2_3

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