Dissociations in numerical abilities revealed by progressive cognitive decline in a patient with semantic dementia

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 771-793

  Cappelletti, Marinella ^a   Kopelman, Michael D ^b   Morton, John ^a   Butterworth, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 27744598659     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290442000293     Document Type: Article

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