• DOI:10.1016/j.cognition.2003.10.008
Corpus ID: 14611894

Contributions of memory circuits to language: the declarative/procedural model

@article{Ullman2004ContributionsOM,
  title={Contributions of memory circuits to language: the declarative/procedural model},
  author={M. Ullman},
  journal={Cognition},
  year={2004},
  volume={92},
  pages={231-270}
}

• M. Ullman
• Published 2004
• Medicine, Psychology
• Cognition

The structure of the brain and the nature of evolution suggest that, despite its uniqueness, language likely depends on brain systems that also subserve other functions. The declarative/procedural (DP) model claims that the mental lexicon of memorized word-specific knowledge depends on the largely temporal-lobe substrates of declarative memory, which underlies the storage and use of knowledge of facts and events. The mental grammar, which subserves the rule-governed combination of lexical items… Expand