How do we know what properties something has, and which of its properties should be
generalized to other objects? How is the knowledge underlying these abilities acquired, and …

Purpose In this article, the authors encapsulate discussions of the Language Work Group
that took place as part of the Workshop in Plasticity/NeuroRehabilitation Research at the …

The Psychology of Language is a thorough revision and update of the popular second
edition. It contains everything the student needs to know about the psychology of language …

This groundbreaking monograph offers a mechanistic theory of the representation and use
of semantic knowledge, integrating the strengths and overcoming many of the weaknesses …

Different neuropsychological populations implicate diverse cortical regions in semantic
memory: semantic dementia (SD) is characterized by atrophy of the anterior temporal lobes …

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 …

The architecture supporting our conceptual knowledge of abstract words has remained
almost entirely unexplored. By contrast, a vast neuropsychological, neurolinguistic and …

Semantic cognition—semantically driven verbal and nonverbal behavior—is composed of at
least two interactive principal components: conceptual representations and executive control …

Naming is a fundamental aspect of language. Word-finding deficit, anomia, is the most
common symptom of language dysfunction occurring after brain damage. Besides its …

We present a case-series comparison of patients with cross-modal semantic impairments
consequent on either (a) bilateral anterior temporal lobe atrophy in semantic dementia (SD) …