Category-specific naming preservation: a single case study.
Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & PsychiatryPublished 1 June 1978Open access
Pat McKenna, Elizabeth K. Warrington
Citations138
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This single case study describes the preservation of a simple semantic category in a severely anomic patient and the implications for the organisation of semantic knowledge are discussed.
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The report of this single case study describes the preservation of a simple semantic category in a severely anomic patient. The implications for the organisation of semantic knowledge are discussed.
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