Sentence processing in the face of semantic loss: A case study

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 547-562

  Breedin, Sarah D ^a   Saffran, Eleanor M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SCINTISCANNING; SEMANTICS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VASCULARIZATION;

ATROPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 0033254870     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.128.4.547     Document Type: Article

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