Repetition priming (RP) has been employed as a measure of implicit processing in patients suffering from a breakdown of semantic memory, as in the case of semantic dementia (SD), a subtype of frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD). Here, we investigated face-name representation in a case of SD using a paradigm of within- and cross-domain repetition priming. Compared to ten healthy participants, SD patient did not show any facilitation when a famous name was primed by its own face (cross-domain) or when the prime was the same proper name (within-domain). Results are discussed within the hypothesis of a degradation of face and name representation, one of the most consistent accounts explaining semantic deficits in SD.
Face-name repetition priming in semantic dementia: a case report / M., Calabria; Miniussi, Carlo; P. S., Bisiacchi; O., Zanetti; M., Cotelli. - In: BRAIN AND COGNITION. - ISSN 0278-2626. - 2009:2(2009), pp. 231-237.
Titolo: | Face-name repetition priming in semantic dementia: a case report. |
Autori: | M., Calabria; Miniussi, Carlo; P. S., Bisiacchi; O., Zanetti; M., Cotelli |
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Titolo del periodico: | BRAIN AND COGNITION |
Anno di pubblicazione: | 2009 |
Numero e parte del fascicolo: | 2 |
Codice identificativo Scopus: | 2-s2.0-64849091187 |
Codice identificativo ISI: | WOS:000265885800006 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bandc.2009.02.005 |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11572/145688 |
Citazione: | Face-name repetition priming in semantic dementia: a case report / M., Calabria; Miniussi, Carlo; P. S., Bisiacchi; O., Zanetti; M., Cotelli. - In: BRAIN AND COGNITION. - ISSN 0278-2626. - 2009:2(2009), pp. 231-237. |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 03.1 Articolo su rivista (Journal article) |
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