Verbal and Nonverbal Memory in Primary Progressive Aphasia: The Three Words-Three Shapes Test
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Verbal and Nonverbal Memory in Primary Progressive Aphasia: The Three Words-Three Shapes Test
OBJECTIVES To investigate cognitive components and mechanisms of learning and memory in primary progressive aphasia (PPA) using a simple clinical measure, the Three Words Three Shapes Test (3W3S). BACKGROUND PPA patients can complain of memory loss and may perform poorly in standard tests of memory. The extent to which these signs and symptoms reflect dysfunction of the left hemisphere langua...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioural Neurology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0953-4180,1875-8584
DOI: 10.1155/2013/253780