?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=An+ERP+study+of+low+and+high+relevance+semantic+features&rft.creator=Sartori%2C+Prof.+Giuseppe&rft.creator=Mameli%2C+Dr.+Francesca&rft.creator=Polezzi%2C+Dr.+David&rft.creator=Lombardi%2C+Dr.+Luigi&rft.subject=Behavioral+Neuroscience&rft.description=It+is+believed+that+the+N400+elicited+by+concepts+belonging+to+Living+is+larger+than+N400+to+Non-living.+This+is+considered+as+evidence+that+concepts+are+organized%2C+in+the+brain%2C+on+the+basis+of+categories.+We+conducted+a+feature-verification+experiment+where+Living+and+Non-living+concepts+were+matched+for+relevance+of+semantic+features.+Relevance+is+a+measure+of+the+contribution+of+semantic+features+to+the+%E2%80%9Ccore%E2%80%9D+meaning+of+a+concept.+We+found+that+when+relevance+is+low+the+N400+is+large.+In+addition%2C+we+found+that+when+the+two+categories+of+Living+and+Non-living+are+equated+for+relevance+the+seemingly+category+effect+at+behavioral+and+neural+level+disappeared.+In+sum%2C+N400+is+sensitive%2C+rather+than+to+categories%2C+to+semantic+features%2C+thus+showing+that+previously+reported+effects+of+semantic+categories+may+arise+as+a+consequence+of+the+differing+relevance+of+concepts+belonging+to+Living+and+Non-living+categories.&rft.date=2006&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5120%2F1%2FSartori_et_al_Brain_Res_Bull_2006.pdf&rft.identifier=++Sartori%2C+Prof.+Giuseppe+and+Mameli%2C+Dr.+Francesca+and+Polezzi%2C+Dr.+David+and+Lombardi%2C+Dr.+Luigi++(2006)+An+ERP+study+of+low+and+high+relevance+semantic+features.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5120%2F