Sentence comprehension in semantic dementia: A longitudinal case study

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 2-4, 2004, Pages 317-330

  Rochon, Elizabeth ^a   Kavé, Gitit ^b,c   Cupit, Jennifer ^a   Jokel, Regina ^a   Winocur, Gordon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DETERIORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 1842419460     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290342000357     Document Type: Article

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