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Category-specific semantics in Alzheimer's dementia and normal aging?
Laws, K.R.; Gale, T.M.; Adlington, R.L.; Irvine, K.; Sthanakiya, S.; Moreno-Martínez, F.J. (2011)Category-specific deficits represent the archetypal illustration of domain-specific cognitive processes. These deficits describe individuals who, following certain types of neurological damage show dissociations in their ... -
Greater cognitive deterioration in women than men with Alzheimer's disease : a meta analysis
Irvine, K.; Laws, K.R.; Gale, T.M.; Kondel, T.K. (2012-11-01)Studies reporting on the cognitive abilities of men and women with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are surprisingly rare. We carried out a meta-analysis of neurocognitive data from 15 studies (n = 828 men; 1,238 women), which ... -
The naming profile in Alzheimer patients parallels that of elderly controls
Gale, T.M.; Irvine, K.; Laws, K.R.; Ferrissey, S. (2008)Controversy exists as to whether semantic disruption in Alzheimer's disease (AD) systematically impairs the naming of living things. Moreover, little is known about performance across more specific subcategories. We ...