Reduced short-term memory span in aphasia and susceptibility to interference: Contribution of material-specific maintenance deficits

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 909-920

  Barde, Laura H F ^a,b   Schwartz, Myrna F ^b   Chrysikou, Evangelia G ^a   Thompson Schill, Sharon L ^a,b  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Phonological; Recent negatives; Semantic; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PHONETICS; RECOGNITION; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SERIAL LEARNING; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 76749132548     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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