Grounded cognition rejects traditional views that cognition is computation on amodal
symbols in a modular system, independent of the brain's modal systems for perception …

Semantic memory refers to knowledge about people, objects, actions, relations, self, and
culture acquired through experience. The neural systems that store and retrieve this …

This article proposes a framework for theory and research on risk-taking that is informed by
developmental neuroscience. Two fundamental questions motivate this review. First, why …

Mr M, a patient with semantic dementia—a neurodegenerative disease that is characterized
by the gradual deterioration of semantic memory—was being driven through the countryside …

The availability of neuroimaging technology has spurred a marked increase in the human
cognitive neuroscience literature, including the study of cognitive ageing. Although there is a …

It has been hypothesized that sensation seeking and impulsivity, which are often conflated,
in fact develop along different timetables and have different neural underpinnings, and that …

Adult semantic memory has been traditionally conceptualized as a relatively static memory
system that consists of knowledge about the world, concepts, and symbols. Considerable …

Evidence from functional neuroimaging of the human brain indicates that information about
salient properties of an object—such as what it looks like, how it moves, and how it is used …

Cognitive control mechanisms permit memory to be accessed strategically, and so aid in
bringing knowledge to mind that is relevant to current goals and actions. In this review, we …

Thirty years ago, grounded cognition had roots in philosophy, perception, cognitive
linguistics, psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, and cognitive neuropsychology. During …