Semantic processing in connected speech at a uniformly early stage of autopsy-confirmed alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 79-85

  Ahmed, Samrah ^a   de Jager, Celeste A ^b   Haigh, Anne Marie ^b   Garrard, Peter ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Connected speech; Language; Semantic processing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH;

EID: 84881008981     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031288     Document Type: Article

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