We analyze different aspects of our quantum modeling approach of human concepts and,
more specifically, focus on the quantum effects of contextuality, interference, entanglement …

Publisher Summary This chapter reexamines prototype theory and the evidences with which
it is associated. In general, the way in which prototype structure was demonstrated for a …

In Concepts, Kinds, and Cognitive Development, Frank C. Keil provides a coherent account
of how concepts and word meanings develop in children, adding to our understanding of the …

Semantic features have provided insight into numerous behavioral phenomena concerning
concepts, categorization, and semantic memory in adults, children, and neuropsychological …

Over recent years, the psychology of concepts has been rejuvenated by new work on
prototypes, inventive ideas on causal cognition, the development of neo-empiricist theories …

Although both the academic and the trade literature have widely acknowledged the need to
foster the development of more-innovative products, little empirical research has examined …

Seven trends regarding the categories that tend to be impaired/preserved in category-
specific semantic deficits were identified. The authors hypothesized that these trends arise …

The broader scope of our investigations is the search for the way in which concepts and their
combinations carry and influence meaning and what this implies for human thought. More …

In the previous chapter, we have proposed that fluency increases with typicality and
decreases with conceptual ambiguity (postulate 11.2). When the object has been …

This paper addresses theoretical problems arising from the vagueness of language terms,
and intuitions of the vagueness of the concepts to which they refer. It is argued that the …