Considering the role of semantic memory in episodic future thinking: Evidence from semantic dementia

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2178-2191

  Irish, Muireann ^a,b,c   Addis, Donna Rose ^a,d   Hodges, John R ^a,b,c   Piguet, Olivier ^a,b,c  

^a ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN COGNITION AND ITS DISORDERS   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anterior temporal lobe; Episodic memory; Self projection; Semantic memory; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EPISODIC FUTURE THINKING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84863198615     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws119     Document Type: Article

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