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The Semantic Richness of Abstract Concepts

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2012
We contrasted the predictive power of three measures of semantic richness—number of features (NF), contextual dispersion (CD), and a novel measure of number of semantic neighbors (NSN)—for a large set of concrete and abstract concepts on lexical decision
Gabriel eRecchia, Michael eJones
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‘Concrete’ Manipulatives, Concrete Ideas [PDF]

open access: yesContemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 2000
The notion of ‘concrete,’ from concrete manipulatives to pedagogical sequences such as ‘concrete to abstract,’ is embedded in educational theories, research, and practice, especially in mathematics education. In this article, the author considers research on the use of manipulatives and offers a critique of common perspectives on the notions of ...
openaire   +1 more source

How do we decide what to do? Resting-state connectivity patterns and components of self-generated thought linked to the development of more concrete personal goals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Human cognition is not limited to the available environmental input but can consider realities that are different to the here and now. We describe the cognitive states and neural processes linked to the refinement of descriptions of personal goals.
Bernasconi, Andrea   +9 more
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Umbilical Concretion

open access: yesJournal of Radiology Case Reports, 2011
Umbilical concretion is a rarely encountered benign entity. Concretions typically form within an umbilical cleft which is unusually deep and consist of keratinaceous and sebaceous material. Lack of attention to umbilical hygiene usually plays a role in their formation.
David, Sheehan   +2 more
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Incorporating Concreteness in Multi-Modal Language Models with Curriculum Learning

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Over the last few years, there has been an increase in the studies that consider experiential (visual) information by building multi-modal language models and representations. It is shown by several studies that language acquisition in humans starts with
Erhan Sezerer, Selma Tekir
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The semantic content of concrete, abstract, specific, and generic concepts

open access: yesLanguage and Cognition
ion processes involve two variables that are often confused with one another: concreteness (banana versus belief) and specificity (chair versus furniture or Buddhism versus religion).
Caterina Villani   +2 more
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The Influence of Concreteness of Concepts on the Integration of Novel Words into the Semantic Network

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2017
On the basis of previous studies revealing a processing advantage of concrete words over abstract words, the current study aimed to further explore the influence of concreteness on the integration of novel words into semantic memory with the event ...
Jinfeng Ding   +5 more
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Perspectives in educating molecular pathologists on liquid biopsy: Toward integrative, equitable, and decentralized precision oncology

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Liquid biopsy enables minimally invasive, real‐time molecular profiling through analysis of circulating biomarkers in biological fluids. This Perspective highlights the importance of training pathologists through integrative educational programs, such as the European Masters in Molecular Pathology, to ensure effective and equitable implementation of ...
Marius Ilié   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Alfred Baeumler: per un’estetica dell’individualità

open access: yesAisthesis, 2017
This paper, accompanying Baeumler’s 1922 essay on Croce, illustrates the German philosopher’s thesis that modern thought on beauty does lead to aesthetics only when, with Kant, it acquires a notion of taste, understood as the sensible manifestation of ...
Giuseppe D’Acunto
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Russian dictionary with concreteness/abstractness indices

open access: yesRussian Journal of Linguistics, 2022
The demand for a Russian dictionary with indices of abstractness/concreteness of words has been expressed in a number of areas including linguistics, psychology, neurophysiology and cognitive studies focused on imaging concepts in human cognitive systems.
Valery D. Solovyev   +3 more
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