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NEUROCASE
Volume 16, Issue 3, Pages 193-207Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/13554790903405693
Keywords
Memory; Neuropsychology; Memory disorders; Dementia; Semantic Dementia; Alzheimer's disease
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- Medical Research Council (MRC)
- Medical Research Council [G9724461] Funding Source: researchfish
- MRC [G9724461] Funding Source: UKRI
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The aims of this study were (a) to explore the utility of, and make more widely available, an updated and extended version of the Cambridge Semantic Memory test battery, and (b) to use this battery in conjunction with other tests to characterise the profile of several different forms of progressive cognitive impairment: semantic dementia (SD, n = 15), mild cognitive impairment (MCI, n = 7), established Alzheimer's disease (AD) (n = 8), all in comparison to normal controls (n = 45). The semantic battery is useful in a variety of ways for exploring the nature of semantic deficits; on its own, however, it does not provide sensitive differentiation between patients with AD and SD. An assessment including measures of episodic memory and visuospatial abilities as well as the semantic battery is recommended for good characterisation of the cognitive profiles associated with SD and AD.
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