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hub and spoke model  

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  • A model of semantic memory. Sensory and motor information of a concept are processed by different modality-specific brain regions (spokes). These regions interact with a semantic hub, located in the lateral temporal lobes, which represents the concept in a unified and amodal manner.

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  • • Lambon Ralph, M. A. L., Jefferies, E., Patterson, K., & Rogers, T. T. (2017). The neural and computational bases of semantic cognition. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 18(1), 42‑55. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn.2016.150

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Patterson, K., Nestor, P. J., & Rogers, T. T. (2007). Where do you know what you know? The representation of semantic knowledge in the human brain. Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 8(12), 976-987. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrn2277

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-C7J9JBWW-S

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