Nonliteral language in alzheimer dementia: A review

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 207-218

  Rapp, Alexander M ^a   Wild, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Figurative; Idiom; Irony; Metaphor; Sarcasm; Thought disorder

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LITERATURE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPREHENSION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; METAPHOR; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79959527490     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710001682     Document Type: Review

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