Preserved thematic and impaired taxonomic categorisation: A case study

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 137-174

  Davidoff, Jules ^a   Roberson, Debi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 1242263447     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960344000125     Document Type: Review

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