New directions in the study of semantic deficits: A comment on Storms et al. (2003)

Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 315-317

  Ober, Beth A ^a   Shenaut, Gregory K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0038146832     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.17.2.315     Document Type: Review

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