Why does a leaf make us think of a tree?</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="Why does a leaf make us think of a tree?"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Why,does,a,leaf,make,us,think,of,a,tree?"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">26-09-2008</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>Why does a leaf make us think of a tree?</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_sN2bIL73jSllFn8EYmrt_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Cardiff, Wales (News Wales): Why does seeing a picture of a leaf almost instantly activate the ideas of a tree, autumn, fire, even green and the sound of wind, and abstract concepts such as nature, life and death? New research at Bangor University is setting out to answer such questions. Professor Guillaume Thierry is developing 'neurosemantics' as a field of research. Neurosemantics refers to how the mind draws meaning from the world - arguably one of the most important functions of the mind. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Education&F=1&id=15212 " target="blank">www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Education&F=1&id=15212 </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show