Analyzing feature distinctiveness in the processing of living and non-living concepts in Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-117

  Duarte, Liliana Rico ^a,b   Marquié, Laetitia ^b   Marquié, Jean Claude ^b   Terrier, Patrice ^b   Ousset, Pierre Jean ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 8   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Conceptual structure account (CSA); Distinctive features; Living and non living concepts; Shared features; Task complexity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 68949169336     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.04.007     Document Type: Article

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