Sentence processing in frontotemporal dementia

Cortex

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 764-777

  Grossman, Murray ^a   Rhee, Jina ^a   Moore, Peachie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Frontotemporal dementia; Grammar; Progressive aphasia; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 28444461011     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70295-8     Document Type: Article

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