The Role of Executive Function in the Semantic Comprehension Deficits of Stroke Aphasia and Semantic Dementia

Introduction Semantic memory is crucial for understanding and interacting with the world. Contrasting patterns of semantic deficits have been claimed for semantic dementia (SD) patients and comprehension-impaired stroke (SA) patients, leading to the proposal of a separation between semantic knowledg...

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Main Author: Curtiss Chapman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2015.65.00004/full