Meaning is a fundamental component of nearly all aspects of human cognition, but formal
models of semantic memory have classically lagged behind many other areas of cognition …

Adult semantic memory has been traditionally conceptualized as a relatively static memory
system that consists of knowledge about the world, concepts, and symbols. Considerable …

Abstract Concepts and word meaning are fundamental to nearly all aspects of human
cognition. People use this knowledge daily to recognize entities and objects in their …

Some of the earliest work on understanding how concepts are organized in memory used a
network‐based approach, where words or concepts are represented as nodes, and …

Biological plausibility is an essential constraint for any viable model of semantic memory.
Yet, we have only the most rudimentary understanding of how the human brain conducts …

How is semantic memory organized? Two general answers to this question have been
proposed. One is that semantic memory is organized by taxonomic category, such that …

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

Semantic memory refers to general knowledge about the world, including concepts, facts,
and beliefs (eg, that a lemon is normally yellow and sour or that Paris is in France). How is …

How is it that we know what a dog and a tree are, or, for that matter, what knowledge is? Our
semantic memory consists of knowledge about the world, including concepts, facts and …

Humans seamlessly make sense of a rapidly changing environment, using a seemingly
limitless knowledgebase to recognize and adapt to most situations we encounter. This …