Invited Talk
Semantic Knowledge: Its Nature, Its development, and Its Neural Basis
| Chair:
Jay McClelland
Stanford University |
A framework for thinking about the nature of semantic knowledge will be presented. The framework explains phenomena in development, adult semantic cognition, and in the disintegration of semantic knowledge in dementia. The phenomena, the tenets of the framework, and simulations addressing key elements of the supporting evidence will be described.
2010 Program Committee
Tyler S. Lorig, Washington and Lee University (Chair); Nalini Ambady, Tufts University; Abigail Baird, Vassar College; Sian Beilock, University of Chicago; Daniel Klein, State University of New York, Stony Brook; Richard Lewis, Pomona College; Kris Preacher, University of Kansas; Deidra Schleicher, Purdue University; Timothy Strauman, Duke University; Tracy Zinn, James Madison University