The impact of semantic memory impairment on spelling: Evidence from semantic dementia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 143-163

  Graham, N L ^a,b   Patterson, K ^b   Hodges, J R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Acquired dysgraphia; Acquired dyslexia; Reading; Semantic impairment; Spelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; READING; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033991472     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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