Double dissociation of semantic categories in Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Language

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 254-279

  Gonnerman, Laura M ^a   Andersen, Elaine S ^a   Devlin, Joseph T ^a   Kempler, Daniel ^a   Seidenberg, Mark S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0030907173     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1997.1752     Document Type: Article

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