In the past 30 years there has been a growing body of research using different methods
(behavioural, electrophysiological, neuropsychological, TMS and imaging studies) asking …

Greater manual dexterity and greater conceptual knowledge of tool use represent two main
features that distinguish humans from other primates. Studies of human brain lesions …

[T] he structure of this physical world consistently moved farther and farther away from the
world of sense and lost its former anthropomorphic character…. Thus the physical world has …

This is a vocabulary research manual. It aims to give you the background knowledge
necessary to design rigorous and effective research studies into the behavior of L1 and L2 …

After an introductory section, this article will focus on four questions: How should the Kyoto
School be defined? What is meant by its central philosophical concept of “absolute …

It is generally held that noun processing is specifically sub-served by temporal areas, while
the neural underpinnings of verb processing are located in the frontal lobe. However, this …

Which types of nerve cell circuits enable humans to use and understand meaningful signs
and words? Philosophers were the first to point out that the arbitrary links between signs and …

This paper is a critical analysis of Biggs's deep and surface approaches to learning model,
which is prominent in the higher education and tertiary learning fields. The paper reflects on …

The present study aimed to assess the ability in objects and actions naming in Parkinson's
disease (PD) patients. Further, we wished to assess the effect of a particular conceptual …

On the basis of neuropsychological and functional imaging evidence, meaning and
grammatical class (particularly the verb–noun distinction) have been proposed as …