Recent studies suggest that a complex, distributed neural network underpins semantic
cognition. This article reviews our contribution to this emerging picture and traces the …

Episodic memory refers to a complex and multifaceted process which enables the retrieval
of richly detailed evocative memories from the past. In contrast, semantic memory is …

Regions of transmodal cortex, in particular the default mode network (DMN), have
historically been argued to serve functions unrelated to task performance, in part because of …

Making sense of the world around us depends upon selectively retrieving information
relevant to our current goal or context. However, it is unclear whether selective semantic …

The roles of the right and left anterior temporal lobes (ATLs) in conceptual knowledge are a
source of debate between 4 conflicting accounts. Possible ATL specializations include:(1) …

Semantic dementia is a progressive neurodegenerative condition characterized by the
profound and amodal loss of semantic memory in the context of relatively preserved …

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and
pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field. It …

Background The inferior temporal gyrus (ITG) is known to be involved in high-cognitive
functions, including visual and language comprehensions and emotion regulation. A …

Most contemporary theories of semantic memory assume that concepts are formed from the
distillation of information arising in distinct sensory and verbal modalities. The neural basis …

The study of patients with semantic dementia, a variant of frontotemporal lobar
degeneration, has emerged over the last two decades as an important lesion model for …