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

Definition contributed by Anonymous

Asserted relationships to other concepts

semantic knowledge
is a kind of
  • long-term memory
    • semantic knowledge
    is a part of
  • language
    • are a kind of
    semantic knowledge
    No associations
    are a part of
    semantic knowledge
    No associations

    Tasks that are asserted to measure semantic knowledge

    Task Contrast Measure
    PDD Behavior Inventory
    • semantic/pragmatic problems
    Children's Communication Checklist
    • semantics
    naming (overt)
    • areas of activation during task minus baseline
    naming (covert)
    • areas of activation during task minus baseline
    word-picture verification task
    • accuracy of participant minus average accuracy of controls
    Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised
    • Picture Completion
    • Similarities
    • Comprehension
    • Information
    Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence
    • Similarities
    category fluency test
    • total correct responses for all categories

    Term BIBLIOGRAPHY

    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