Bias of quantifier scope interpretation is attenuated in normal aging and semantic dementia

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 401-419

  Clark, David Glenn ^a,b   Kar, Jitesh ^c  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Quantifier scope; Semantic dementia; Sentence comprehension

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTIFIER SCOPE; READING; RESPONSE TIME; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SPEECH ARTICULATION;

EID: 79955722752     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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