The organization of the conceptual system: The case of the "object versus action" dimension

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 587-613

  Pillon, Agnesa ^a,b   d'Honincthun, Peggy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b FNRS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Action concepts; Object concepts; Organization of conceptual knowledge

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; COMPREHENSION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; MENTAL PROCESSES; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCABULARY;

EID: 82755170456     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2011.609652     Document Type: Review

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