The impact of progressive semantic loss on reading aloud

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 162-186

  McKay, Adam ^a   Castles, Anne ^a   Davis, Chris ^a   Savage, Greg ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONATION; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34147117779     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290601025576     Document Type: Article

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