Category-specific naming deficit in Alzheimer's disease: The effect of a display by domain interaction

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1832-1839

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

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Naming; Object recognition; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33847709481     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.12.011     Document Type: Article

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