The case of the unfamiliar implement: Schema-based over-riding of semantic knowledge from objects in everyday action

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1035-1046

  Bickerton, Wai Ling ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a   Riddoch, Jane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action disorganization syndrome; Action schema; Everyday actions; Familiarity; Object and action recognition; Object omission; Semantic knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 35448992791     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617707071585     Document Type: Conference Paper

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