Impaired Verbal Comprehension of Quantifiers in Corticobasal Syndrome

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-165

  Troiani, Vanessa ^a   Clark, Robin ^a   Grossman, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticobasal degeneration; Number; Quantifier; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BASAL GANGLIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79952588080     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021448     Document Type: Article

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