The rise and fall of frequency and imageability: Noun and verb production in semantic dementia

Brain and Language

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-49

  Bird, Helen ^a   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^a   Patterson, Karalyn ^a   Hodges, John R ^a,b  

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

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cookie Theft; Frequency; Imageability; Narrative; Nouns; Picture description; Progressive aphasia; Semantic dementia; Spontaneous speech; Verbs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0343618602     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.2000.2293     Document Type: Article

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