At first glance, conceptual representations (eg, our internal notion of the object “lemon”)
seem static; we have the impression that there is something that the concept lemon …

Semantic impairments have been divided into storage deficits, in which the semantic
representations themselves are damaged, and access deficits, in which the representations …

Tool use is a defining feature of human species. Therefore, a fundamental issue is to
understand the cognitive bases of human tool use. Given that people cannot use tools …

Eye tracking technology has become an increasingly popular methodology in language
studies. Using data from 27 journals in language sciences indexed in the Social Science …

How do people represent object meaning? It is now uncontentious that thinking about
manipulable objects (eg, pencils) activates brain regions underlying action. But is this …

Semantic memory refers to general knowledge about the world, including concepts, facts,
and beliefs (eg, that a lemon is normally yellow and sour or that Paris is in France). How is …

The appropriate use of everyday objects requires the integration of action and function
knowledge. Previous research suggests that action knowledge is represented in …

Grounded cognition proposes that memory shares processing resources with sensorimotor
systems. The aim of the present study was to show that motor simulation participates in the …

Substantial evidence suggests that conceptual processing of manipulable objects is
associated with potentiation of action. Such data have been viewed as evidence that objects …

Our objective was to characterize the saccadic eye movements in patients with type 3
Gaucher disease (chronic neuronopathic) in relationship to neurological and …