Neural dynamics of semantic categorization in semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia [PDF]
Semantic representations are processed along a posterior-to-anterior gradient reflecting a shift from perceptual (e.g., it has eight legs) to conceptual (e.g., venomous spiders are rare) information. One critical region is the anterior temporal lobe (ATL)
V Borghesani +12 more
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Age-Related Degree and Criteria Differences in Semantic Categorization [PDF]
Individual differences in semantic categorization are commonplace. Individuals apply a word like SPORTS to different instances because they employ different conditions for category membership (vagueness in criteria) or because they differ regarding the ...
Steven Verheyen +2 more
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Grammatical Gender Influences Semantic Categorization and Implicit Cognition in Polish [PDF]
The influence of grammatical gender on cognitive processes is an important issue in contemporary psycholinguistics and language psychology, particularly in research concerning the relations between grammar and semantics.
Józef Maciuszek +2 more
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Fine-grained semantic categorization across the abstract and concrete domains. [PDF]
A consolidated approach to the study of the mental representation of word meanings has consisted in contrasting different domains of knowledge, broadly reflecting the abstract-concrete dichotomy.
Marta Ghio +2 more
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Effects of Age on Cognitive Control During Semantic Categorization [PDF]
Jeffrey Spence +2 more
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What is the right place for atypical exemplars? Commentary on: The right hemisphere contribution to semantic categorization: A TMS study [PDF]
Maria eMontefinese +2 more
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System relations in Russian vocabulary as a reflection of the mechanism of knowledge categorization
The article examines the issues of systemic semantic organization of vocabulary from the point of view of how they reflect the principles of categorization of knowledge about reality.
N. A. Ilyukhina
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Semantic categorization is a fundamental ability in language as well as in interaction with the environment. However, it is unclear what cognitive and neural basis generates this flexible and context dependent categorization of semantic information.
Atsushi Matsumoto +3 more
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Developmental and longitudinal studies with children increasingly use pictorial stimuli in cognitive, psychologic, and psycholinguistic research. To enhance validity and comparability within and across those studies, the use of normed pictures is ...
Linda Sommerfeld +2 more
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SEMANTIC FEATURES OF NOUNS REFERRED TO VARIOUS LEXICAL-AND-GRAMMATICAL CATEGORIES
The paper focuses on semantic properties of concrete and abstract nouns in the aspect of their cognitive categorization. The research is based on the results of two psycholinguistic experiments carried out by the author: synonym selection and word ...
Vadim A. Belov
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