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Reembedding Translation Process ResearchEdited by Ricardo Muñoz Martín
[Benjamins Translation Library 128] 2016
► pp. 21–46
Edited by Ricardo Muñoz Martín
[Benjamins Translation Library 128] 2016
► pp. 21–46
A neuroscientific toolkit for translation studies
Adolfo M. García | Faculty of Elementary and Special Education, National University of Cuyo, Mendoza, ArgentinaEzequiel Mikulan | UDP-INECO Foundation Core on Neuroscience, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile
Agustín Ibáñez | Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders, Australian Research Council, Sydney, Australia
Cognitive approaches in translation studies have long incorporated methods from other fields, including linguistics, psychology, and computer science. Despite their major contributions, such approaches are mostly uninformative about the neural systems in which translation and interpreting processes are embedded. Seeking to bridge this gap, we introduce a neuroscientific toolkit to explore the biological embeddedness of translation and interpreting. Our focus is on neuroimaging (positron emission tomography, functional magnetic resonance imaging) and electromagnetic (electroencephalography, direct electrostimulation) techniques. We survey the tenets of these methods, review relevant findings, and outline key issues for future research. Moreover, we report new evidence obtained through scalp and intracranial functional connectivity measures. In brief, we advocate a more active involvement of translation scholars in brain-based research.
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