Various forms of category-specificity have been described at both the cognitive and neural
levels, inviting the inference that different semantic domains are processed by distinct, …

We claim that the animate and inanimate conceptual categories represent evolutionarily
adapted domain-specific knowledge systems that are subserved by distinct neural mechanisms, …

University students were asked to draw the path a moving object would follow in several
different situations. Over half of the students, including many who had taken physics courses, …

This article presents a framework for the cognitive analysis of number processing and
calculation. Within this framework the primary objective is the development of a model that is …

Current theories of agrammatism do not provide a clear explanation for the co-occurrence of
omission of grammatical markers and main verbs in this disorder. This study tested the …

In this study we provide a critical review of the clinical evidence available to date in the field
of semantic category-specific deficits. The motivation for undertaking this review is that not all …

Many studies have demonstrated that the sensory and motor systems are activated during
conceptual processing. Such results have been interpreted as indicating that concepts, and …

The patterns of semantic errors in speaking and writing are used to constrain claims about
the structure of lexical access mechanisms in speech and written language production. It is …

Cognitive neuropsychology's domain of inquiry concerns the structure of normal perceptual,
motor, and cognitive processes. As such, it constitutes a branch of cognitive science. …

Three groups of aphasic patients, Broca's, Conduction, and Wernicke's, and a nonaphasic
patients control group were tested for comprehension of object-relative center-embedded …