Talk:Semantic memory

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[edit] Semantic memory and semantic dementia

I think this needs expanding rather than merging with Semantic Dementia. After all, the latter is merely a disorder of normal functioning, and someone should be able to write much more about normal function! I will put an "expand" request in. --PaulWicks 13:22, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I agree. I have moved the Semantic dementia information to the Semantic dementia page. Thanks, Dan aka jack 16:01, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
The request for expansion on both of these topics is quite reasonable. I agree that merging them would probably be unwise as both articles have the potential to get quite long. Stephen Allison 03:35, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Note on contributions to this article

Work on this page is being conducted as a group project of Dr. Kent Norman's Fall semester 2007 course, Thinking and Problem Solving, at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Klnorman 02:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I and several other users (students in the above-mentioned class) are planning to completely overhaul this page. Please expect updates over the next two to three weeks. We are planning to address the following subject areas:

  • Historical research.
  • Models of semantic memory.
  • Neural correlates of semantic memory.
  • Disorders associated with semantic memory.
  • Open questions and future research.

If there is any topic under the heading of semantic memory that people would like us to address, please post it here. Thanks, everyone, and expect to hear from us soon. Plasmoidal 16:50, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Primary Memory Articles Require Revision

It should be noted that the primary articles on "memory systems" are in desperate need of a revision as of Winter 2008. For whatever reasons, most of the references to Endel Tulving in the various articles, as well as the article on him, are in radical need of revision. Currently, the descriptions of episodic memory and semantic memory involve obsolete definitions and wholesale misinterpretations of Tulving's work. In particular, the article on episodic memory has a definition that was created more than 30 years ago and now Tulving himself says is obsolete. These memory articles as currently written, misrepresent the concepts of memory and in some instances shortchange the history of psychology. Any expertise in these areas would make a significant contribution and advance the viability of Wikipedia - which after looking at these articles as a potential reference - I recognize that they are not. Stevenmitchell (talk) 05:15, 7 March 2008 (UTC)