Refractory access disorders and the organization of concrete and abstract semantics: Do they differ?

Neurocase

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-140

  Hamilton, A Cris ^a   Coslett, H Branch ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abstract semantics; Aphasia; Refractory access; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REFRACTORY SEMANTIC ACCESS DEFICIT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD LIST RECALL; WORKING MEMORY;

APHASIA; ASSOCIATION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS;

EID: 47149107636     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790802032218     Document Type: Article

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