TY - JOUR
T1 - A domain specific deficit for foodstuffs in patients with Alzheimer's disease
AU - Laws, K.R.
AU - Leeson, V.C.
AU - Gale, T.M.
N1 - Original article can be found at: http://journals.cambridge.org/--Copyright Cambridge University Press
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Although some studies have reported a category specific naming deficit in Alzheimer’s patients (invariably for living things), others have failed to replicate this finding (Laws et al., in press). Inconsistencies may partly stem from the fact that category effects are hidden in group analyses because individual Alzheimer’s patients show category deficits in opposing directions, namely, some living and some nonliving (Gonnerman et al., 1997). Additionally, category effects may depend upon the specific composition of living things, such as the ratio of animals to fruits and vegetables, though this has never been explicitly examined. To examine this, we conducted a more detailed fractionation of living and nonliving categories for individual patients.
AB - Although some studies have reported a category specific naming deficit in Alzheimer’s patients (invariably for living things), others have failed to replicate this finding (Laws et al., in press). Inconsistencies may partly stem from the fact that category effects are hidden in group analyses because individual Alzheimer’s patients show category deficits in opposing directions, namely, some living and some nonliving (Gonnerman et al., 1997). Additionally, category effects may depend upon the specific composition of living things, such as the ratio of animals to fruits and vegetables, though this has never been explicitly examined. To examine this, we conducted a more detailed fractionation of living and nonliving categories for individual patients.
U2 - 10.1017/S1355617702870102
DO - 10.1017/S1355617702870102
M3 - Article
SN - 1469-7661
VL - 8
SP - 956
EP - 957
JO - Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
JF - Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
IS - 7
ER -