In defense of abstract conceptual representations

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1096-1108

  Binder, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Association cortex; Concept representation; Neuroimaging; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NEUROIMAGING; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS;

ASSOCIATION; BRAIN; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NEUROIMAGING; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 84974844244     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-015-0909-1     Document Type: Article

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