title: Conceptual knowledge representation: A cross-section of current research.
abstract: How is conceptual knowledge encoded in the brain? This special issue of Cognitive Neuropsychology takes stock of current efforts to answer this question through a variety of methods and perspectives. Across this work, three questions recur, each fundamental to knowledge representation in the mind and brain. First, what are the elements of conceptual representation? Second, to what extent are conceptual representations embodied in sensory and motor systems? Third, how are conceptual representations shaped by context, especially linguistic context? In this introductory article we provide relevant background on these themes and introduce how they are addressed by our contributing authors.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychology , University of Wisconsin , Madison , WI , USA.
authors.forename: Timothy T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.affiliation: b Intelligent Systems Center , Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory , Laurel , MD , USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolmetz
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008037:Linguistics
keywords: Semantic memory; cognitive neuroscience; concept representation; embodied cognition