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Título del libro: Semantic Memory: Neurobiology, Disorders And Therapeutic Strategies For Improvement
Título del capítulo: Semantic memory: Cognitive neuroscience and clinical aspects

Autores UNAM:
DULCE MARIA BELEN PRIETO CORONA; MARIO ARTURO RODRIGUEZ CAMACHO; JUAN FELIPE SILVA PEREYRA; MA. GUILLERMINA YAÑEZ TELLEZ; JORGE BERNAL HERNANDEZ; FELIPE ARTURO JAIMES MEDINA; MA. DE LOURDES LUVIANO VARGAS;
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Idioma:
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Año de publicación:
2014
Resumen:

This chapter aims to review some aspects of the state of the art of semantic memory from the viewpoint of Cognitive Neuroscience. We first address the definition of semantic memory and the cognitive models proposed to describe its functioning, among which are spreading activation and distributed network models. This section will also address the neuroanatomical structures involved in semantic memory, the neuropsychological evaluation of semantic memory as well as the related pathology. Semantic priming tasks have been used to assess semantic memory; priming is defined as the improvement in speed and/or accuracy to respond to a stimulus, such as a word or a picture, when it is preceded by a semantically related stimulus relative to when it is preceded by a semantically unrelated stimulus. Finally, we focus on those studies that applied semantic priming tasks to evaluate semantic memory in populations of patients with diseases that include semantic memory disorders as well as in normal subjects. © 2014 by Nova Science Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved.


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