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Direct linkMaguire, Mandy J.; Brier, Matthew R.; Ferree, Thomas C. – Brain and Language, 2010
Despite the importance of semantic relationships to our understanding of semantic knowledge, the nature of the neural processes underlying these abilities are not well understood. In order to investigate these processes, 20 healthy adults listened to thematically related (e.g., leash-dog), taxonomically related (e.g., horse-dog), or unrelated…
Descriptors: Semantics, Memory, Cognitive Processes, Classification
Gollan, Tamar H.; Salmon, David P.; Paxton, Jessica L. – Brain and Language, 2006
The hypothesis that Alzheimer's disease (AD) degrades semantic representations predicts that AD qualitatively alters spontaneous thoughts. In two experiments contrasting free associations to words with strong (e.g., "bride-groom") versus weak (e.g., "body-leg") associates participants with AD produced less common responses (e.g., "bride-pretty")…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Alzheimers Disease, Semantics, Experimental Psychology
