The neural and computational bases of semantic cognition

doi:10.1038/nrn.2016.150

Review

. 2017 Jan;18(1):42-55.

doi: 10.1038/nrn.2016.150. Epub 2016 Nov 24.

The neural and computational bases of semantic cognition

Matthew A Lambon Ralph¹, Elizabeth Jefferies², Karalyn Patterson^{3

4}, Timothy T Rogers⁵

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¹ Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
² Department of Psychology and York Neuroimaging Centre, Heslington, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
³ MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK.
⁴ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1202 W Johnson Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.

PMID: 27881854
DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2016.150

Review

The neural and computational bases of semantic cognition

Matthew A Lambon Ralph et al. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2017 Jan.

. 2017 Jan;18(1):42-55.

doi: 10.1038/nrn.2016.150. Epub 2016 Nov 24.

Authors

Matthew A Lambon Ralph¹, Elizabeth Jefferies², Karalyn Patterson^{3

4}, Timothy T Rogers⁵

Affiliations

¹ Neuroscience and Aphasia Research Unit, Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Zochonis Building, Brunswick Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK.
² Department of Psychology and York Neuroimaging Centre, Heslington, University of York, York, YO10 5DD, UK.
³ MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, UK.
⁴ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK.
⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1202 W Johnson Street, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.

PMID: 27881854
DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2016.150

Abstract

Semantic cognition refers to our ability to use, manipulate and generalize knowledge that is acquired over the lifespan to support innumerable verbal and non-verbal behaviours. This Review summarizes key findings and issues arising from a decade of research into the neurocognitive and neurocomputational underpinnings of this ability, leading to a new framework that we term controlled semantic cognition (CSC). CSC offers solutions to long-standing queries in philosophy and cognitive science, and yields a convergent framework for understanding the neural and computational bases of healthy semantic cognition and its dysfunction in brain disorders.

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