Actions anchored by concepts: Defective action comprehension in semantic dementia

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1313-1317

  Nishio, Y ^a   Kazui, H ^b   Hashimoto, M ^b   Shimizu, K ^c   Onouchi, K ^d   Mochio, S ^d   Suzuki, K ^a   Mori, E ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTICS;

AGED; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SYMBOLISM;

EID: 33845227077     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.096297     Document Type: Article

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