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Video Clips

Semantic Networks and Spreading Activation

Reviews this theory about how knowledge is organized in the mind.

Brain’s Modality-Specific Systems

Dr. Lawrence Barsalou discusses the human conceptual system and its role in offline and online processing.

Concept Representation in PDP Models

Dr. McClelland discuss the parallel-Distributed Processing approach to knowledge representation.

Audio Clips

A World Without Words

Vignettes give the listener a glimpse of how a world without language would be experienced.

Learning Concepts through Illustration

An example of how parables can help develop science literacy in children.

Innate Numbers?

Research on infants suggests that number concepts and counting are innate in humans.