Reversal of the concreteness effect in semantic dementia

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 568-579

  Bonner, Michael F ^a   Vesely, Luisa ^a   Price, Catherine ^a   Anderson, Chivon ^a   Richmond, Lauren ^a   Farag, Christine ^a   Avants, Brian ^a   Grossman, Murray ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Semantic; Semantic dementia; Verb

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AGED; ATROPHY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 77949411231     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290903512305     Document Type: Article

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