Effects of age of acquisition, word frequency, and familiarity on object recognition and naming in dementia

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 573-574

  Taylor, Robert ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGNOSIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, MULTI-INFARCT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032174594     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.2.573     Document Type: Article

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