Since Tulving proposed a distinction in memory between semantic and episodic memory,
considerable effort has been directed towards understanding their similar and unique …

A great deal of research has focused on the question of whether or not concepts are
embodied as a rule. Supporters of embodiment have pointed to studies that implicate …

Our thoughts depend on knowledge about objects, people, properties, and events. To think
about where we left our keys, what we are going to make for dinner, when we last fed the …

Computational research suggests that semantic memory, operationalized as semantic
memory networks, undergoes age-related changes. Previous work suggests that concepts in …

Despite its theoretical importance, little is known about how semantic memory structure
facilitates and constrains creative idea generation. We examine whether the semantic …

We used magnetoencephalography (MEG) to explore the spatiotemporal dynamics of neural
oscillations associated with sentence processing in 102 participants. We quantified changes …

Ratings of body–object interaction (BOI) measure the ease with which the human body can
interact with a word's referent. Researchers have studied the effects of BOI in order to …

Recently, there has been a great deal of interest in the idea that natural language enhances
and extends our cognitive capabilities. Supporters of embodied cognition have been …

We contrasted the predictive power of three measures of semantic richness—number of
features (NFs), contextual dispersion (CD), and a novel measure of number of semantic …

Reading is a cultural invention and a learned skill that is acquired only through years of
instruction and practice. Understanding the functional mechanisms that underpin this …