Mestres Missé, Anna (Date of defense: 2007-11-15)
The series of studies that comprise this dissertation are aimed at simulating vocabulary learning and meaning acquisition of different types of words, namely words which differ in imageability. For this ...
Rodríguez Herreros, Borja (Date of defense: 2014-06-03)
The complex voluntary motor behavior of higher primates is often regarded as a consequence of the development of sophisticated and adaptive perceptual and motor systems. Theoretical and behavioral ...
Padrão, Gonçalo (Date of defense: 2014-10-24)
To err is certainly human. Detect and correct our errors are fundamental during our interaction with the outside world. Therefore, understanding the nature of the brain mechanisms involved in the ...
Navarrete Sánchez, Eduardo (Date of defense: 2007-01-10)
Speaking can be considered a goal-directed behavior because speakers have to retrieve the appropriate words and phonemes from their mental lexicon. However, observational and experimental evidence ...
Cámara Mancha, Estela (Date of defense: 2008-11-13)
Current views in cognitive neuroscience assume that many high level cognitive functions, such as learning, language, or memory are anatomically widely distributed across the whole brain, interacting and ...