Semantic cognition, the basis for our understanding of the world, is supported by both the
storage of semantic representations and the ability to flexibly retrieve them–semantic control …

Semantic cognition infringes on all aspects of life, and large swathes of the cortex respond to
semantic processing. A key component of this is semantic control, which guides retrieval …

Research suggests that semantic memory deficits can occur in at least three ways. Patients
can (1) show amodal degradation of concepts within the semantic store itself, such as in …

According to a constructionist model of emotion, conceptual knowledge plays a foundational
role in emotion perception; reduced availability of relevant conceptual knowledge should …

Background The ability to efficiently select specific aspects of our semantic representations
that are relevant for current goals or the context is supported by semantic control processes …

Semantic processing can break down in qualitatively distinct ways in different
neuropsychological populations. Previous studies have shown that patients with multimodal …

Visuo-spatial context and emotional valence are powerful cues to episodic retrieval, but the
contribution of these inputs to semantic cognition has not been widely investigated. We …

Semantic Aphasia (SA) patients have difficulty accessing semantic knowledge in both verbal
and non-verbal tasks appropriately for the current context. Automatically activated semantic …

Patients with multimodal semantic impairment following stroke (referred to here as 'semantic
aphasia', SA) are highly sensitive to the cognitive control demands of the task being …

Patients with semantic aphasia have impaired control of semantic retrieval, often
accompanied by executive dysfunction following left hemisphere stroke. Many but not all of …