Structure and Deterioration of Semantic Memory: A Neuropsychological and Computational Investigation

Psychological Review

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 205-235

  Rogers, Timothy T ^a,b,c   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^d   Garrard, Peter ^e   Bozeat, Sasha ^a   McClelland, James L ^b   Hodges, John R ^a   Patterson, Karalyn ^a  

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

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR THE NEURAL BASIS OF COGNITION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMIA; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS; STATISTICS;

ANOMIA; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0742306150     PISSN: 0033295X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-295X.111.1.205     Document Type: Article

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