Concept information
Preferred term
sensory/functional theory
Definition(s)
- Theory postulating that concepts are organized in semantic memory according to their sensory or functional properties. The distinction between living things depends on their perceptual features while the distinction between nonliving things depends on their functional features.
Broader concept(s)
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Farah, M. J., & McClelland, J. L. (1991). A computational model of semantic memory impairment: modality specificity and emergent category specificity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 120(4), 339. https://doi.org/10.1037/0096-3445.120.4.339
[Study type: empirical study, simulation study / Access: closed]
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Theory of
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-TPN2MF9T-1
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