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Disorders of semantic memory.
Authors:
Patterson, K. & Hodges, J.
Reference:
In A.D. Baddeley, B.A. Wilson & F.N. Watts (Eds.), Handbook of Memory Disorders. Chichester, Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, 167-186.
Year of publication:
1995
CBU number:
3177
Abstract:
This review chapter on disorders of semantic memory first, describes how the field of psychology and neuropsychology conceives of semantic memory and how to assess it; second, discusses briefly what is known about the brain regions which seem to be most critical to the maintenance of semantic memory and the types of brain diseases to which it seems to be most vulnerable; and finally reviews evidence germane to theoretical issues that are prominent in research on semantic memory.
