The format of conceptual representations disrupted in semantic dementia: A position paper

Cortex

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 521-529

  Gainotti, Guido ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amodal semantic hub; Anterior temporal lobes; Lateralized forms of semantic dementia; Pictorial representations; Semantic lexical disorders

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CLINICAL STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NERVE CELL NETWORK; REVIEW; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; VERBAL MEMORY;

FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 84858450876     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.06.019     Document Type: Review

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