Imageability and Category-specificity
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Imageability and Category-specificity
vs. Concrete Words The vulnerability of abstract words to brain damage has long been noted in the neuropsychological literature. Abstract words, such as charity, belief, hope, are those whose referents cannot be perceived through thesenses—unlike concrete words, such as skip, finger, shoe. Many patients have been reported who have 294 TYLER ANDMOSS
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عنوان ژورنال: Cognitive Neuropsychology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0264-3294,1464-0627
DOI: 10.1080/026432997381583