What happens to semantic memory when formal thought disorder remits? Revisiting a case study

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-71

  Leeson, Verity C ^a   McKenna, Peter J ^b   Murray, Graham ^c   Kondel, Tejinder K ^d   Laws, Keith R ^e  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FULBOURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Cambridgeshire Peterborough NHS T   (United Kingdom)

^e NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; THOUGHT DISORDER; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 16244398354     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546800344000345     Document Type: Article

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