The physical energy that we refer to as a word, whether in isolation or embedded in
sentences, takes its meaning from the knowledge stored in our brains through a lifetime of …

At least since the time of Aristotle, humans have been fascinated with trying to understand
how meaning is represented in what, in modern terms, has come to be known as semantic …

How long does it take for the human visual system to process a complex natural image?
Subjectively, recognition of familiar objects and scenes appears to be virtually …

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 …

In order to study face recognition in relative isolation from visual processes that may also
contribute to object recognition and reading, we investigated CK, a man with normal face …

One of the most fundamental functions of the brain is to predict upcoming events on the
basis of the recent past. A closely related function is to signal when a prediction has been …

Neuronal oscillations in the gamma band (above 30 Hz) have been proposed to be a
possible mechanism for the visual representation of objects. The present study examined …

The meaning of a visual scene influences the identification of visual objects embedded in it.
We investigated the nature and time course of scene effects on object identification by …

Language and music share a number of characteristics. Crucially, both domains depend on
both rules and memorized representations. Double dissociations between the …

Three experiments investigated face processing in children with Williams syndrome (WS). In
Experiment 1, the ability to discriminate different aspects of faces was compared between …