I don't know what I know: Evidence of preserved semantic knowledge but impaired metalinguistic knowledge in adults with probable Alzheimer's disease

Aphasiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-335

  Harley, Trevor A ^a   Jessiman, Lesley J ^a   MacAndrew, Siobhan ^b   Astell, Arlene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 39449114763     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030701391065     Document Type: Article

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