When is category specific in Alzheimer's disease?

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 452-463

  Laws, Keith R ^a   Gale, Tim M ^b   Leeson, Verity C ^c   Crawford, John R ^d  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceiling effects; Dissociations; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 21644484647     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70186-2     Document Type: Article

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