The degraded concept representation system in semantic dementia: Damage to pan-modal hub, then visual spoke

Brain

Volumn 135, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3770-3780

  Hoffman, Paul ^a   Jones, Roy W ^b   Ralph, Matthew A Lambon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anterior temporal lobe; conceptual knowledge; hub and spoke; ventral stream

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SOUND; TACTILE MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 84871741686     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/aws282     Document Type: Article

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