Knowledge of natural kinds in semantic dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Language

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-40

  Cross, Katy ^a   Smith, Edward E ^b   Grossman, Murray ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Frontotemporal dementia; Semantic; Semantic dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PERCEPTION; SEMANTICS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AWARENESS; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 40849094195     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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