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semantic knowledge
long-established knowledge about objects, facts, and word meanings.

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Definition contributed by RPoldrack about two months ago.

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    NPicchetti Initial definition from Levy et al. cited above
    about one year ago

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    Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:
    long-established knowledge about objects, facts, and word meanings.

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    Definition contributed by BGregory about two years ago:
    long-established knowledge about objects, facts, and word meanings. (from http://www.pnas.org/content/101/17/6710.full; doi: 10.1073/pnas.0401679101)

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    Definition contributed by SAdministrator about three years ago:
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    2012-03-28 RPoldrack: RPoldrack updated the definition for semantic knowledge
    2011-04-28 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for semantic knowledge. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/semantic_knowledge]
    2011-04-27 NPicchetti: Added new topic to discussion
    2011-04-27 NPicchetti: Added supporting citation.
    2010-08-01 BGregory: BGregory updated the definition for semantic knowledge. [view the changes at http://cognitiveatlas.org/term/semantic_knowledge]
    The anatomy of semantic knowledge: medial vs. lateral temporal lobe.
    Levy DA, Bayley PJ, Squire LR
    Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A)
    2004 Apr 27
    Open Abstract | Citation Profile



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