Arithmetic knowledge in semantic dementia: Is it invariably preserved?

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2732-2744

  Julien, C L ^a   Thompson, J C ^a   Neary, D ^a   Snowden, J S ^a  

^a HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calculation skills; Conceptual knowledge; Domain specificity; Number knowledge; Procedural knowledge; Semantic dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; COMPREHENSION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 47349116624     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.05.010     Document Type: Article

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