When does word meaning affect immediate serial recall in semantic dementia?

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-42

  Jefferies, Elizabeth ^a,d   Jones, Roy ^b   Bateman, David ^c   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Martin's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHONETICS; RECALL; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 2942738986     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/CABN.4.1.20     Document Type: Article

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