How we know a dog is a dog: Concept acquisition in the human brain

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 03:35 in Psychology & Sociology

A new study explores how our brains synthesise concepts that allow us to organise and comprehend the world. The research, published by Cell Press in the 24th September issue of the journal Neuron, uses behavioural and neuroimaging techniques to track how conceptual knowledge emerges in the human brain and guides decision making...

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