Concept information
Preferred term
semantic memory
Definition(s)
- Long-term memory of world knowledge (words, concepts, facts...) independent of the spatio-temporal context of acquisition.
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- conceptual knowledge
- conceptual memory
- conceptual system
- decontextualized memory
- general knowledge
- generic memory
- propositional memory
- semantic cognition
- semantic knowledge
- semantic representation
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Bhatia, S., & Richie, R. (2024). Transformer networks of human conceptual knowledge. Psychological Review, 131(1), 271–306. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000319
[Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
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• Carbonnel, S., Charnallet, A., & Moreaud, O. (2010). Organisation des connaissances sémantiques : Des modèles classiques aux modèles non abstractifs. Revue de neuropsychologie, Volume 2(1), 22‑30. https://doi.org/10.3917/rne.021.0022
[Study type: literature review / Access: open]
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• Eysenck, M. W. (2015). Semantic mermory and stored knowledge. In A. D. Baddeley, M. C. Anderson, & M. W. Eysenck (Eds.), Memory (Second Edition, p. 165–193). Psychology Press.
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Jones, M. N., Willits, J. A., & Dennis, S. (2015). Models of semantic memory. In J. R. Busemeyer, Z. Wang, J. T. Townsend, & A. Eidels (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of computational and mathematical psychology (p. 232‑254). Oxford University Press.
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Kumar, A. A. (2021). Semantic memory : A review of methods, models, and current challenges. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 28(1), 40‑80. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13423-020-01792-x
[Study type: literature review / Access: open]
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• Laisney, M. (2011). L’évaluation et l’organisation de la mémoire sémantique. Revue de neuropsychologie, Volume 3(3), 176‑180. https://doi.org/10.3917/rne.033.0176
[Study type: literature review / Access: open]
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• Mirman, D., Landrigan, J.-F., & Britt, A. E. (2017). Taxonomic and thematic semantic systems. Psychological Bulletin, 143(5), 499–520. https://doi.org/10.1037/bul0000092
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Renoult, L., & Rugg, M. D. (2020). An historical perspective on Endel Tulving’s episodic-semantic distinction. Neuropsychologia, 139, 107366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2020.107366
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Snowden, J. S. (2015). Semantic Memory. In J. D. Wright (Ed.), International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences (Second Edition) (p. 572–578). Elsevier.
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Tulving, E. (1972). Episodic and semantic memory. In W. Donaldson (Ed.), Organization of Memory (pp. 381‑402). Academic Press.
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Tulving, E. (1972). Mémoire épisodique et mémoire sémantique. Dans S. Nicolas & P. Piolino (2010). Anthologie de psychologie cognitive de la mémoire (pp. 85–106). De Boeck.
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
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• Yee, E., Jones, M., & McRae, K. (2018). Semantic memory. In S. L. Thompson-Schill (Ed.), Steven’s handbook of experimental psychology and cognitive neuroscience. (4th ed., Vol. 3, pp. 319-356). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119170174.epcn309
[Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Has model(s)
- BEAGLE model
- distributional model
- feature comparison model
- HAL model
- hub and spoke model
- Matrix model
- MINERVA 2
- Predictive Interactive Multiple Memory Systems model
- probabilistic topic model
- Recognition through Semantic Synchronization model
- retrieving effectively from memory model
- semantic network
- semantic space
- small-world network
- Source of Activation Confusion model
- SPI model
- transformer
- word embedding
Has study method(s)
- Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination - III
- GRECO's semantic knowledge assessment battery
- lexical decision task
- Mattis Dementia Rating Scale
- Memory Alteration Test
- property generation task
- property verification task
- Pyramids and Palm Trees Test
- Semantic and Episodic Memory Test
- semantic categorization task
- semantic differential
- semantic distance task
- semantic verbal fluency test
- sentence verification task
- verbal association task
- verbal fluency test
Has theory(ies)
Component of
Impaired in
Measured by
In other languages
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French
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cognition sémantique
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connaissances conceptuelles
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connaissances générales
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connaissances sémantiques
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mémoire conceptuelle
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mémoire décontextualisée
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mémoire générique
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mémoire propositionnelle
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représentation sémantique
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système conceptuel
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-L02857LC-7
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