Semantic Processing

Semantic Processing is a cognitive-linguistic process in language comprehension and production whereby the brain accesses, represents, and integrates the meanings of linguistic units with each other and with contextual knowledge, as distinct from their phonological or syntactic form.

18.6K

Publications

1.6M

Citations

28.4K

Authors

4.2K

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Publications per year

2017–2026

2.8K

Variants

Semantics Processing

Parents

NeurolinguisticsPsycholinguistics

Children

Aphasic Semantic ImpairmentArgument Structure ProcessingContext Effects On MeaningIdiomatic ComprehensionKnowledge-based SemanticsNeural Basis Of SemanticsReferential SemanticsSemantic Anomaly DetectionSemantic PredictionTruth-condition Processing

Publications

18.6K

A spreading-activation theory of semantic processing.

Allan M. Collins, Elizabeth F. Loftus · Psychological Review · 1975 · 8.1K citations

Language Studies, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology +10

Toward a model of text comprehension and production.

Walter Kintsch, Teun A. van Dijk · Psychological Review · 1978 · 5K citations

Education, Computer Science, Psychology +15

Reading Senseless Sentences: Brain Potentials Reflect Semantic Incongruity

Marta Kutas, Steven A. Hillyard · Science · 1980 · 4.9K citations

Language Studies, Neuroscience, Psychology +17

Cognitive representations of semantic categories.

Eleanor Rosch · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1975 · 4.5K citations

Language Studies, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +14

Unified theories of cognition

Choice Reviews Online · 1991 · 4.3K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +10

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Authors

28.4K

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Matthew A. Lambon Ralph
University of Manchester, United Kingdom
149 publications · 19.7K citations
75
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Angela D. Friederici
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany
141 publications · 16.1K citations
71
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Peter Hagoort
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands
110 publications · 15K citations
66
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Friedemann Pulvermüller
MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, United Kingdom
100 publications · 14K citations
65
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Marta Kutas
University of California San Diego, United States
98 publications · 23.7K citations
58
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Institutions

4.2K

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Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
495 publications · 67.2K citations
147
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NeuroImage
707 publications · 78.5K citations
147
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Neuropsychologia
915 publications · 68.2K citations
131
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Brain and Language
879 publications · 64.8K citations
128
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Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition
702 publications · 53.3K citations
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