How does linguistic knowledge contribute to short-term memory? Contrasting effects of impaired semantic knowledge and executive control

Aphasiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 383-403

  Hoffman, Paul ^a   Jefferies, Elizabeth ^b   Ehsan, Sheeba ^a   Jones, Roy W ^c   Lambon Ralph, Matthew A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Research Institute for the Care of Older People (RICE)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive control; Semantic knowledge; Sentence repetition; Short term memory; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SENSORY APHASIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KNOWLEDGE; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTICS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STROKE; WORD LIST RECALL;

EID: 84863229822     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2011.581798     Document Type: Article

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