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The anterior temporal lobes and the functional architecture of semantic memory

Year: 2009

Type: review

Abstract: Recently, three accounts have emerged on the role of the anterior temporal lobes (ATLs) in semantic memory. One account claims that the ATLs are domain-general semantic hubs, another claims that they underlie knowledge of unique entities specifically, and yet another account claims that they support social conceptual knowledge generally. Here, we review neuropsychological and neuroimaging studies that bear on these three accounts and offer suggestions for future research to elucidate the roles of the ATLs in semantic memory.

Source: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

DOI: 10.1017/s1355617709990348

Authors: W. KYLE SIMMONS, ALEX MARTIN

Institutions: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health

Language: English

Topic: Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health

Award: The Neural Foundations for Memory and Social Cognition in the Human Brain