Neural evidence of switch processes during semantic and phonetic foraging in human memory

Humans may retrieve words from memory by exploring and exploiting in “semantic space” similar to how nonhuman animals forage for resources in physical space. This has been studied using the verbal fluency test (VFT), in which participants generate words belonging to a semantic or phonetic category i...

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Published in:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS 2023-10, Vol.120 (42), p.1-12, Article e2312462120
Main Authors: Lundin, Nancy B., Brown, Joshua W., Johns, Brendan T., Jones, Michael N., Purcell, John R., Hetrick, William P., O’Donnell, Brian F., Todd, Peter M.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animals
Cerebellum
Classification
Clustering
Cognitive ability
Cognitive-behavioral factors
Exploratory behavior
Fluency
Foraging behavior
Functional magnetic resonance imaging
Hippocampus
Humans
Hunter-gatherers
Linguistic distance
Memory
Neuropsychological Tests
Phonetics
Psychological and Cognitive Sciences
Random walk
Search process
Semantic categories
Semantics
Social Sciences
Switches
Switching
Verbal Behavior - physiology
Words (language)
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