Comprehension of Concrete and Abstract Words in Semantic Dementia

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 492-499

  Jefferies, Elizabeth ^a   Patterson, Karalyn ^b   Jones, Roy W ^c   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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

^c ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anterior temporal; concreteness; imageability; semantic dementia; synonym judgment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 67650102197     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015452     Document Type: Article

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