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From Acquisition to Deterioration of Semantic Knowledge: A Mechanistic Theory of Semantic Cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2005

Anna Adlam
Anna Adlam
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Career Development Fellow, Cognition & Brain Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Semantic Cognition: A Parallel Distributed Processing Approach, by Timothy T. Rogers and James L. McClelland. (2004). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 425 pp., $50.00/£32.95.

This book is aimed at all scientists interested in semantic cognition, even those with limited experience of computational modeling. It benefits from concise and logically presented text and the effective use of figures and illustrations, with details of simulations tucked away in the Appendix. The length of the book defines it not only as a useful addition to a reference collection, but also an excellent primer for young researchers, postgraduates, and even advanced undergraduates.

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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 11 , Issue 5 , September 2005 , pp. 654 - 655
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© 2005 The International Neuropsychological Society

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