Semantic cognition refers to our ability to use, manipulate and generalize knowledge that is
acquired over the lifespan to support innumerable verbal and non-verbal behaviours. This …

The angular gyrus (AG) region of lateral parietal cortex has been implicated in a wide variety
of tasks and functions, generating numerous influential theories. However, these theories …

Semantic control, the ability to selectively access and manipulate meaningful information on
the basis of context demands, is a critical component of semantic cognition. The precise …

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 default mode network supports a variety of mental operations such as semantic
processing, episodic memory retrieval, mental time travel and mind-wandering, yet the …

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 …

Semantic cognition requires conceptual representations shaped by verbal and nonverbal
experience and executive control processes that regulate activation of knowledge to meet …

Semantic retrieval involves both (1) automatic spreading activation between highly related
concepts and (2) executive control processes that tailor this activation to suit the current …

The anterior temporal lobe (ATL) makes a critical contribution to semantic cognition.
However, the functional connectivity of the ATL and the functional network underlying …

During linguistic processing, a set of brain regions on the lateral surfaces of the left frontal,
temporal, and parietal cortices exhibit robust responses. These areas display highly …