Preserved tool knowledge in the context of impaired action knowledge: Implications for models of semantic memory

A number of studies have observed that the motor system is activated when processing the semantics of manipulable objects. Such phenomena have been taken as evidence that simulation over motor representations is a necessary and intermediary step in the process of conceptual understanding. Cognitive...

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Main Authors: Frank E Garcea, Mary eDombovy, Bradford Z Mahon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00120/full