Linking language and categorization: Evidence from aphasia

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1187-1194

  Lupyan, Gary ^a   Mirman, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Categorization; Cognitive control; Language; Language and thought

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAWING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84876716284     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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