Case series methodology involves the systematic assessment of a sample of related
patients, with the goal of understanding how and why they differ from one another. This …

The role of the anterior temporal lobes (ATLs) in semantic cognition is not clear from the
current literature. Semantic dementia patients show a progressive and a specific semantic …

Although there is an emerging consensus that the anterior temporal lobes (ATLs) are
involved in semantic memory, it is currently unclear which specific parts of this region are …

Semantic cognition permits us to bring meaning to our verbal and nonverbal experiences
and to generate context-and time-appropriate behavior [1–2]. It is core to language and …

The most selective disorder of central conceptual knowledge arises in semantic dementia, a
degenerative condition associated with bilateral atrophy of the inferior and polar regions of …

The neural basis of semantic memory generates considerable debate. Semantic dementia
results from bilateral anterior temporal lobe (ATL) atrophy and gives rise to a highly specific …

It has been hypothesized that the experience of different moral sentiments such as guilt and
indignation is underpinned by activation in temporal and fronto-mesolimbic regions and that …

We use our experience to navigate the world in the present, and to predict what might come
up in the near future. In this dissertation, I ask how prediction might help explain the rapidity …