THE ROLE OF REPRESENTATIONS IN COGNITIVE THEORY - MORE ON MULTIPLE SEMANTICS AND THE AGNOSIAS

Authors
RAPP BC HILLIS AE CARAMAZZA A
Citation
Bc. Rapp et al., THE ROLE OF REPRESENTATIONS IN COGNITIVE THEORY - MORE ON MULTIPLE SEMANTICS AND THE AGNOSIAS, Cognitive neuropsychology, 10(3), 1993, pp. 235-249
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Experimental
Journal title
Cognitive neuropsychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02643294
Volume
10
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
235 - 249
Database
ISI
SICI code
0264-3294(1993)10:3<235:TRORIC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
In this paper we comment on a number of points raised by Shallice (see this volume) in his response to Caramazza, Hillis, Rapp, and Romani ( 1990). We argue that Shallice has failed to appreciate certain key dif ferences between the modality-specific view of semantics and the unita ry view we have proposed. We also show that the evidence that Shallice considers to be problematic for the unitary view can, however, be acc ommodated within a unitary semantics