SEMANTIC DEMENTIA

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N., Pam M.S.
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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."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. DYSNOMIA-AUDITORY RETRIEVAL DISORDER
  2. MINERVA 2
  3. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY INTERVIEW (AMI)
  4. NORRIE'S DISEASE
  5. DEMENTIA
  6. CONTENT-ADDRESSABLE STORE
  7. DEEP DYSLEXIA
  8. MILL HILL VOCABULARY SCALE IMHV)
  9. SEMANTIC DISSOCIATION
  10. SEMANTIC PRIMITIVE
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "SEMANTIC DEMENTIA," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 13, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/semantic-dementia/ (accessed April 17, 2021).
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