Jigsaws-A preserved ability in semantic dementia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 569-576

  Green, Hilary A C ^a   Patterson, Karalyn ^a  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fronto temporal dementia (FTD); Obsessive behaviours; Progressive Non Fluent Aphasia (PNFA); Visuospatial ability

Indexed keywords

AGED; APHASIA, BROCA; COLOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 58849124781     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.10.015     Document Type: Article

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