A computational model of the lexical-semantic system based on a grounded cognition approach

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue DEC, 2010, Pages

  Ursino, Mauro ^a   Cuppini, Cristiano ^a   Magosso, Elisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Categorization; Gamma band oscillations; Hebbian rules; Lexical deficit; Object recognition; Synchronization; Word production; Word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867094462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00221     Document Type: Article

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