[HTML][HTML] New perspectives on the aging lexicon

DU Wulff, S De Deyne, MN Jones, R Mata - Trends in cognitive sciences, 2019 - cell.com
The field of cognitive aging has seen considerable advances in describing the linguistic and
semantic changes that happen during the adult life span to uncover the structure of the …

What we mean when we say semantic: Toward a multidisciplinary semantic glossary

J Reilly, C Shain, V Borghesani, P Kuhnke… - Psychonomic bulletin & …, 2024 - Springer
Tulving characterized semantic memory as a vast repository of meaning that underlies
language and many other cognitive processes. This perspective on lexical and conceptual …

Getting aligned on representational alignment

I Sucholutsky, L Muttenthaler, A Weller, A Peng… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Biological and artificial information processing systems form representations that they can
use to categorize, reason, plan, navigate, and make decisions. How can we measure the …

[HTML][HTML] The neural correlates of semantic control revisited

RL Jackson - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Semantic control, the ability to selectively access and manipulate meaningful information on
the basis of context demands, is a critical component of semantic cognition. The precise …

[HTML][HTML] Quantifying flexibility in thought: The resiliency of semantic networks differs across the lifespan

AL Cosgrove, YN Kenett, RE Beaty, MT Diaz - Cognition, 2021 - Elsevier
Older adults tend to have a broader vocabulary compared to younger adults–indicating a
richer storage of semantic knowledge–but their retrieval abilities decline with age. Recent …

Age differences in semantic network structure: Acquiring knowledge shapes semantic memory.

AL Cosgrove, RE Beaty, MT Diaz… - Psychology and …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
Computational research suggests that semantic memory, operationalized as semantic
memory networks, undergoes age-related changes. Previous work suggests that concepts in …

[HTML][HTML] Age-related changes in the neural networks supporting semantic cognition: A meta-analysis of 47 functional neuroimaging studies

P Hoffman, AM Morcom - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Semantic cognition is central to understanding of language and the world and, unlike many
cognitive domains, is thought to show little age-related decline. We investigated age-related …

[PDF][PDF] What we mean when we say semantic: A consensus statement on the nomenclature of semantic memory

J Reilly, M Diaz, L Pylkkänen, E Jefferies… - … Bulletin & Review, 2023 - researchgate.net
Tulving (1972) characterized semantic memory as a vast repository of meaning that provides
a substrate for language and many other cognitive processes. Tulving's perspective resulted …

A tale of two gradients: differences between the left and right hemispheres predict semantic cognition

TRJ Gonzalez Alam, BLA Mckeown, Z Gao… - Brain Structure and …, 2022 - Springer
Decomposition of whole-brain functional connectivity patterns reveals a principal gradient
that captures the separation of sensorimotor cortex from heteromodal regions in the default …

Structural differences in the semantic networks of younger and older adults

DU Wulff, TT Hills, R Mata - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Cognitive science invokes semantic networks to explain diverse phenomena, from memory
retrieval to creativity. Research in these areas often assumes a single underlying semantic …