This text is a collection of the leading models of how the human brain encodes for the memory of the items that surround us in everyday life. These models of brain function have been composed from the world's leading experts based upon findings from new investigative techniques. List of contributors vii Preface xi Part I Semantic Memory: Building Models from Lesions Semantic refractory access disorders 3(25) Elizabeth K. Warrington Sebastian J. Crutch The anatomical locus of lesion in category-specific semantic disorders and the format of the underlying conceptual representations 28(37) Guido Gainotti Part II Insights from Electrophysiology Functional modularity of semantic memory revealed by event-related brain potentials 65(40) John Kounios Bilingual semantic memory revisited -- ERP and fMRI evidence 105(28) Sonja A. Kotz Kerrie E. Elston-Guttler Part III Applications of Models to Understanding Cognitive Dysfunction Schizophrenia and semantic memory 133(16) Michal Assaf Paul Rivkin Michael A. Kraut Vince Calhoun John Hart Jr. Godfrey Pearlson Part IV Representations of Nouns and Verbs vs. Objects and Actions Effects of word imageability on semantic access: neuroimaging studies 149(33) Jeffrey R. Binder The neural systems processing tool and action semantics 182(23) Uta Noppeney The semantic representation of nouns and verbs 205(14) Kevin Shapiro Argye E. Hillis Alfonso Caramazza Part V Critical Role of Subcortical Nuclei in Semantic Functions Role of the basal ganglia in language and semantics: supporting cast 219(28) Bruce Crosson Michelle Bejamin Ilana Levy Part VI Conceptual Models of Semantics Process and content in semantic memory 247(18) Phyllis Koenig Murray Grossman The conceptual structure account: A cognitive model of semantic memory and its neural instantiation 265(37) Kirsten I. Taylor Helen E. Moss Lorraine K. Tyler Neural foundations for conceptual representations: Evidence from functional brain imaging 302(29) Alex Martin Neural hybrid model of semantic object memory (version 1.1) 331(30) John Hart, Jr. Michael A. Kraut Index 361