Selective preservation of memory for people in the context of semantic memory disorder: Patterns of association and dissociation

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2887-2898

  Lyons, Frances ^a   Kay, Janice ^b   Hanley, J Richard ^a   Haslam, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Person recognition; Semantic impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; METHODOLOGY; PRESERVATION; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 33749440439     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.06.005     Document Type: Article

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