Abstract Language behaviour is complex, but neuroscientific evidence disentangles it into
distinct components supported by dedicated brain areas or networks. In this Review, we …

At first glance, conceptual representations (eg, our internal notion of the object “lemon”)
seem static; we have the impression that there is something that the concept lemon …

Object concepts are critical for nearly all aspects of human cognition, from perception tasks
like object recognition, to understanding and producing language, to making meaningful …

This paper presents a systematic review of the empirical literature that uses dual-task
interference methods for investigating the on-line involvement of language in various …

Many animals can be trained to perform novel tasks. People, too, can be trained, but
sometime in early childhood people transition from being trainable to something qualitatively …

The emergence of language—a productive and combinatorial system of communication—
has been hailed as one of the major transitions in evolution. By enabling symbolic culture …

Neural networks are successfully used to imitate and model cognitive processes. However,
to provide clues about the neurobiological mechanisms enabling human cognition, these …

Semantic knowledge (or semantic memory) is knowledge we have about the world. For
example, we know that knives are typically sharp, made of metal, and that they are tools …

The role played by language in our cognitive lives is a topic at the centre of contemporary
debates in cognitive (neuro) science. In this paper we illustrate and compare two theories …

There is a longstanding and widely held misconception about the relative remoteness of
abstract concepts from concrete experiences. This review examines the current evidence for …