The consensus criteria for the diagnosis and classification of primary progressive aphasia
(PPA) have served as an important tool in studying this group of disorders. However, a large …

Conceptual knowledge provides the basis on which we bring meaning to our world. Studies
of semantic dementia patients and some functional neuroimaging studies indicate that the …

Accessing the meaning of words, objects, people and facts is a human ability, made
possible thanks to semantic processing. Although studies concerning its cortical …

Built upon a wealth of neuroimaging, neurostimulation, and neuropsychology data, a recent
proposal set forth a framework termed controlled semantic cognition (CSC) to account for …

Eleven of 69 prospectively enrolled primary progressive aphasics were selected for this
study because of peak atrophy sites located predominantly or exclusively within the anterior …

Two distinct literatures have emerged on the functionality of the anterior temporal lobes
(ATL): in one field, the ATLs are conceived of as a repository for semantic or conceptual …

The theory of embodied semantics for actions specifies that the sensory-motor areas used
for producing an action are also used for the conceptual representation of the same action …

Abstract concepts differ from concrete concepts in several ways. Here, we focus on what we
refer to as situational systematicity: The objects and relations that constitute an abstract …

Theories of the representation and processing of concepts have been greatly enhanced by
models based on information available in semantic property norms. This information relates …

Brain imaging has been immensely valuable in showing us how the mind works. However,
many of our ideas about how the mind works come from disciplines like experimental …