Semantic dementia: Implications for the neural basis of language and meaning

Aphasiology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 609-623

  Garrard, Peter ^a   Hodges, John R ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; PICK PRESENILE DEMENTIA; READING; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0032840996     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026870399401966     Document Type: Review

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