When the zebra loses its stripes: Semantic priming in early Alzheimer's disease and semantic dementia

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 35-46

  Laisney, Mickaël ^a   Giffard, Bénédicte ^a   Belliard, Serge ^a,b   de la Sayette, Vincent ^a,c   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a   Eustache, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Dementia; Semantic Memory Disorders; Semantics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; READING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 78649819051     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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