Study of TCM thinking based on TCM language:a novel way from cogni-tive neuroscience
10.3969/j.issn.1006-2157.2016.08.004
- VernacularTitle:基于中医语言的中医思维研究--来自认知神经科学的新方法
- Author:
Huiwen HUANG
1
;
Chunhua JIA
;
Jin GUO
Author Information
1. 北京中医药大学基础医学院 北京 100029
- Keywords:
TCM language;
TCM thought;
event-related potential;
functional magnetic resonance ima-ging;
metaphorical cognition
- From:
Journal of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2016;39(8):634-638
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
TCMlanguage is a language based on metaphorical thought,describing a metaphorical world of human physiology,pathology and treatment of diseases.Metaphor is not only a linguistic phenomenon, but more importantly,a cognitive or thinking mode.Various cognitive modes will produce diverse cere-bral electromagnetic and metabolic information.Understanding Chinese medicine language will lead to different brain nerve activities from those Western medicine leading to,if there were differences between the two medicines.Event-related potential (ERPs)technology or the functional magnetic resonance ima-ging (fMRI)technology can be used to capture the different brain activities.This article provided a new way for exploration the proposition“TCM has a unique way of thinking”,from cognitive neuroscience. Consequently,the application of cognitive neuroscience methods and theories in metaphorical cognition study and the research status of TCMlanguage cognition were analyzed.Accordingly,the theoretical hy-pothesis of TCMthinking and the scheme of linguistic contrastive study of Chinese and Western medicine by application of ERPs technology and fMRI technology were put forward.It would be of great signifi-cance that ERPs and fMRI provide a novel way for empirical study of TCMcognition.
