Semantic dementia (SD) is a focal degenerative disorder characterised by multimodal loss of semantic knowledge. A number of studies have reported preservation of numerical and arithmetic knowledge in SD, contrasting with patients' profound impairment of object and word knowledge, a finding interpreted as evidence for the independent cerebral representation of number knowledge.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:492754 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Julien, Camille Laurence |
| Publisher | University of Manchester |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
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