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About numbers as a semantic category

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2001

Marc Thioux ,
Eva Turconi ,
Emanuelle Palmers  and
Xavier Seron
Marc Thioux
Affiliation:
Unité de Neuropsychologie Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium thioux@neco.ucl.ac.be turconi@neco.ucl.ac.be palmers@neco.ucl.ac.be seron@neco.ucl.ac.be www.neco.ucl.ac.be
Eva Turconi
Affiliation:
Unité de Neuropsychologie Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium thioux@neco.ucl.ac.be turconi@neco.ucl.ac.be palmers@neco.ucl.ac.be seron@neco.ucl.ac.be www.neco.ucl.ac.be
Emanuelle Palmers
Affiliation:
Unité de Neuropsychologie Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium thioux@neco.ucl.ac.be turconi@neco.ucl.ac.be palmers@neco.ucl.ac.be seron@neco.ucl.ac.be www.neco.ucl.ac.be
Xavier Seron
Affiliation:
Unité de Neuropsychologie Université Catholique de Louvain, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium thioux@neco.ucl.ac.be turconi@neco.ucl.ac.be palmers@neco.ucl.ac.be seron@neco.ucl.ac.be www.neco.ucl.ac.be
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Abstract

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Humphreys & Forde concentrate on the living/nonliving dissociation. However, further dissociations have been reported, including selective loss or preservation in recognizing body parts and numbers. This commentary outlines the relevance of the number category for understanding the organising principles of semantic memory.

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Brief Report
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , June 2001 , pp. 494 - 495
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press