Selective Short-Term Memory Deficits Arise From Impaired Domain-General Semantic Control Mechanisms

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-156

  Hoffman, Paul ^a   Jefferies, Elizabeth ^b   Ehsan, Sheeba ^a   Hopper, Samantha ^a   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

semantic control; short term memory; stroke aphasia

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

APHASIA; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 58449115449     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013985     Document Type: Article

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