Which of the following students provides the most accurate information about the prototype approach to semantic memory?
a. Elisabeth: "People store an abstract representation of each basic-level category.
b. Lester: "The prototype approach applies only to inanimate objects."
c. Horatio: "The data on the semantic-priming effect are not consistent with the prototype approach."
d. Joni: "Superordinate terms tend to activate different regions of the cortex from the regions activated by basic-level terms."
Ans: d
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