a selective and progressive impairment of our semantic memory that ends up in difficulties in naming words and comprehending words. not age related. Any individual may have this impairment.
SEMANTIC DEMENTIA: "Semantic dementia results from a degeneration of the polar and inferolateral regions of our temporal lobes."
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SEMANTIC DEMENTIA," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/semantic-dementia/ (accessed October 19, 2019).
