The case of the unfamiliar implement: schema-based over-riding of semantic knowledge from objects in everyday action.

We examined the role of schema knowledge in everyday action by assessing the use of unfamiliar implements by patients with subcortical and frontal lobe damage. Although the patients were relatively good at naming or showing how the unfamiliar implements could be used outside of the task context, the...

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Main Authors: Bickerton, W, Humphreys, G, Riddoch, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007