Effects of structural similarity and name frequency on picture naming in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 659-667

  Thompson Schill, Sharon L ^a   Gabrieli, John D E ^b   Fleischman, Debra A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anomia; Frequency; Perceptual

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOMIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0033381048     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617799577084     Document Type: Article

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