Mental representation of normal subjects about the sources of knowledge in different semantic categories and unique entities

• Published in: Neuropsychology Vol. 23; no. 6; p. 803
• Main Authors: Gainotti, Guido, Ciaraffa, Francesca, Silveri, Maria Caterina, Marra, Camillo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.2009
• Subjects: Humans; Knowledge; Models, Neurological; Neuropsychological Tests; Semantic Differential; Semantics

According to the "sensory-motor model of semantic knowledge," different categories of knowledge differ for the weight that different "sources of knowledge" have in their representation. Our study aimed to evaluate this model, checking if subjective evaluations given by normal sub...