Ambiguous idiom comprehension in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 402-411

  Rassiga, Cecilia ^a   Lucchelli, Federica ^b   Crippa, Franca ^a   Papagno, Costanza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Alzheimer's Disease Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Central executive; Figurative language; Idiom; Stroop

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; LINGUISTICS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 67650760542     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390802220019     Document Type: Article

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