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feature comparison model

Model of semantic memory (Smith et al., 1974) according to which a concept is represented by a list of semantic features: sufficient and necessary features, called defining features, and characteristic features, which are typical of a concept or are non-essential. The processing of relationships between concepts is performed by comparison of their features.

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• Smith, E. E., Shoben, E. J., & Rips, L. J. (1974). Structure and process in semantic memory: A featural model for semantic decisions. Psychological review, 81(3), 214–241. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0036351
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Frank Arnould

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semantic memory

modèle de comparaison de traits

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-S59TWNV6-J

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