A commonly expressed view is that short-term memory (STM) is nothing more than activated
long-term memory. If true, this would overturn a central tenet of cognitive psychology—the …

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

Vocabulary is now well recognised as an important focus in language teaching and
learning. Now in its third edition, this book provides an engaging, authoritative guide to the …

This extremely up-to-date book, Speech Production and Second Language Acquisition, is
the first volume in the exciting new series, Cognitive Science and Second Language …

An interactive 2-step theory of lexical retrieval was applied to the picture-naming error
patterns of aphasic and nonaphasic speakers. The theory uses spreading activation in a …

Most learners of a second language (L2) feel concerned with the burden of vocabulary
learning and worry about the question of how to cope with the formidable task of learning …

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 …

In 7 experiments the authors investigated the locus of word frequency effects in speech
production. Exp 1 demonstrated a frequency effect in picture naming that was robust over …

Conceptual knowledge reflects our multi-modal 'semantic database'. As such, it brings
meaning to all verbal and non-verbal stimuli, is the foundation for verbal and non-verbal …

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 …