A selective deficit in imageable concepts: A window to the organization of the conceptual system

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Gvion, Aviah ^a,b,c   Friedmann, Naama ^b  

^a ONO ACADEMIC COLLEGE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Abstract concepts; Aphasia; Conceptual system; Hebrew; Imageability; Semantic lexicon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGNOSIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; FUNCTIONAL DISSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARAPHASIA; PHONETICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 84933680158     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00226     Document Type: Article

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