Conceptual representations in long-term memory crucially contribute to perception and
action, language and thought. However, the precise nature of these conceptual memory …

Sensory information undergoes extensive associative elaboration and attentional
modulation as it becomes incorporated into the texture of cognition. This process occurs …

Action and perception are functionally linked in the brain, but a hotly debated question is
whether perception and comprehension of stimuli depend on motor circuits. Brain language …

For a long time the cortical systems for language and actions were believed to be
independent modules. However, as these systems are reciprocally connected with each …

The patterns of semantic errors in speaking and writing are used to constrain claims about
the structure of lexical access mechanisms in speech and written language production. It is …

If the cortex is an associative memory, strongly connected cell assemblies will form when
neurons in different cortical areas are frequently active at the same time. The cortical …

In the past 30 years there has been a growing body of research using different methods
(behavioural, electrophysiological, neuropsychological, TMS and imaging studies) asking …

Two parallel studies using positron emission tomography, one conducted in neurological
patients with brain lesions, the other in normal individuals, indicate that the normal process …

Some words immediately and automatically remind us of odours, smells and scents,
whereas other language items do not evoke such associations. This study investigated, for …

How is language organized in the human brain? The Neuroscience of Language, published
in 2003, puts forth a systematic model of language to bridge the gap between linguistics and …