Lost in semantic space: A multi-modal, non-verbal assessment of feature knowledge in semantic dementia

Brain

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1152-1163

  Garrard, Peter ^a,b   Carroll, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectionist modelling; Motion; Semantic dementia; Semantic features; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; APHASIA, PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33646231257     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awl069     Document Type: Article

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