A unified model of human semantic knowledge and its disorders

L Chen, MA Lambon Ralph, TT Rogers - Nature human behaviour, 2017 - nature.com
How is knowledge about the meanings of words and objects represented in the human
brain? Current theories embrace two radically different proposals: either distinct cortical …

Evidence for conceptual combination in the left anterior temporal lobe

SG Baron, D Osherson - Neuroimage, 2011 - Elsevier
Conceptual combination allows for the construction of an infinite number of complex ideas
from a finite base. The anterior temporal lobes appear to be important for the process of …

Changes in task-based effective connectivity in language networks following rehabilitation in post-stroke patients with aphasia

S Kiran, EL Meier, KJ Kapse, PA Glynn - Frontiers in human …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
In this study, we examined regions in the left and right hemisphere language network that
were altered in terms of the underlying neural activation and effective connectivity …

Decoding the formation of new semantics: MVPA investigation of rapid neocortical plasticity during associative encoding through fast mapping

T Atir-Sharon, A Gilboa, H Hazan, E Koilis… - Neural …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Neocortical structures typically only support slow acquisition of declarative memory;
however, learning through fast mapping may facilitate rapid learning‐induced cortical …

Using Self‐Organizing Neural Network Map Combined with Ward's Clustering Algorithm for Visualization of Students' Cognitive Structural Models about Aliveness …

N Yorek, I Ugulu, H Aydin - Computational Intelligence and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We propose an approach to clustering and visualization of students' cognitive structural
models. We use the self‐organizing map (SOM) combined with Ward's clustering to conduct …

[HTML][HTML] Shared neural processes support semantic control and action understanding

J Davey, SA Rueschemeyer, A Costigan, N Murphy… - Brain and language, 2015 - Elsevier
Executive–semantic control and action understanding appear to recruit overlapping brain
regions but existing evidence from neuroimaging meta-analyses and neuropsychology lacks …

Intuitive ontologies and domain specificity

P Boyer, HC Barrett - … of evolutionary psychology (2nd ed., pp …, 2015 - books.google.com
PASCAL BOYER and H. CLARK BARRETT the hallmark of evolutionary psychology. That
there are specializations in socalled “peripheral” systems in the mind, such as perceptual …

Manipulating color and other visual information influences picture naming at different levels of processing: Evidence from Alzheimer subjects and normal controls

GD Zannino, R Perri, G Salamone, C Di Lorenzo… - Neuropsychologia, 2010 - Elsevier
There is now a large body of evidence suggesting that color and photographic detail exert
an effect on recognition of visually presented familiar objects. However, an unresolved issue …

Distinctive responses in anterior temporal lobe and ventrolateral prefrontal cortex during categorization of semantic information

A Matsumoto, T Soshi, N Fujimaki, AS Ihara - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Semantic categorization is a fundamental ability in language as well as in interaction with
the environment. However, it is unclear what cognitive and neural basis generates this …

Separability of abstract-category and specific-exemplar visual object subsystems: Evidence from fMRI pattern analysis

BW McMenamin, RG Deason, VR Steele, W Koutstaal… - Brain and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Previous research indicates that dissociable neural subsystems underlie abstract-category
(AC) recognition and priming of objects (eg, cat, piano) and specific-exemplar (SE) …