semantic memory
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsemanticandmemory
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semantic
adjective
uk/sɪˈmæn.tɪk/us/səˈmæn.t̬ɪk/
connected with the meanings ...
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memory
noun
uk/ˈmem.ər.i/us/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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(Definition ofsemanticandmemoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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But what issemanticmemory?
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Semanticmemoryis impaired in schizophrenia.
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Semanticmemoryis memory consisting of general knowledge.
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Semanticmemoryis both impaired and anomalous in schizophrenia.
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Aging and retrieval of words insemanticmemory.
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This meaning component is then stored insemanticmemoryas a distinct sense.
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There is a second store of visual knowledge withinsemanticmemory.
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Thus,semanticmemorywould be indirectly affected in amnesia, but semantic representational mechanisms should remain intact.
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What might be the implications for understanding what is often termed "semanticmemory"?
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These aspects are measured in verbal memory and search insemanticmemory.
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Visual imagery is based exclusively on visual knowledge withinsemanticmemory.
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Finally, thesemanticmemorymust be described as a stable object.
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The database in a computer is similar tosemanticmemoryin this sense.
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Adding new information tosemanticmemory: how much learning is enough to produce automatic priming?
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Declative memory is classified into two categories,semanticmemoryand episodic memory.
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Recall and recognition measures revealed no differences between maltreated and nonmaltreated children'ssemanticmemoryfunctioning for neutral stimuli.
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In recent computational models ofsemanticmemory, frequency is considered as the model's experience with the stimulus pairing.
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First, the account should make more explicit the principles that are assumed to organize knowledge insemanticmemory.
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This commentary outlines the relevance of the number category for understanding the organising principles ofsemanticmemory.
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Category-specific impairments have frequently been interpreted in terms of deficits in accessingsemanticmemoryfor objects.
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Semanticmemoryis apparently separated from the spatio-temporal causality of events occurring in our daily experience.
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Specifically, it seems possible that children do not encode in lexical orsemanticmemorywords spoken by ignorant speakers.
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