A behavioral study of the nature of verb production deficits in Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Language

Volumn 149, Issue , 2015, Pages 128-134

  Beber, Bárbara Costa ^a   da Cruz, Aline Nunes ^a   Chaves, Márcia L ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Verb fluency; Verb naming; Verbs

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERB FLUENCY TASK; VERB NAMING TASK; VERB PRODUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84942239519     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2015.07.010     Document Type: Article

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