Taking the thumbs off the multidimensional scales in the debate on semantic memory and Alzheimer's disease: A comment on Storms et al. (2003)

Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 312-314

  Milberg, William ^a   McGlinchey, Regina ^b  

^a Geriatric Neuropsychology Laboratory   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0037809172     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.17.2.312     Document Type: Review

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