Analysis of the semantic representations of living and nonliving concepts: A normative study

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 515-540

  Zannino, Gian Daniele ^a   Perri, Roberta ^a   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^b   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,c   Carlesimo, Giovanni A ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 33646712955     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290542000067     Document Type: Article

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