The general/specific breakdown of semantic memory and the nature of superordinate knowledge: Insights from superordinate and basic-level feature norms

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 879-903

  Marques, J Frederico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Feature norms; Memory deterioration; Semantic memory; Superordinate knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 37749050896     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290701789436     Document Type: Article

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