Differential decline in word generation from phonemic and semantic categories during the course of Alzheimer's disease: Implications for the integrity of semantic memory

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 692-703

  Salmon, David P ^a   Heindel, William C ^c   Lange, Kelly L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognition; Semantic memory; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0033391393     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617799577126     Document Type: Article

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