psychomotor performance

Lack of semantic priming effects in famous person recognition in Mild Cognitive Impairment

INTRODUCTION: Growing evidence indicates that individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) manifest semantic deficits that are often more severe for items that are characterized by a unique semantic and lexical association, such as famous people …

The role of the left anterior temporal lobe in the semantic processing of famous faces

Neuroimaging studies on healthy subjects have reported the involvement of the bilateral anterior temporal lobes (ATL) in recognizing known people. While the role of the right ATL in the semantic processing of known people is accepted, it is still …

The cognitive and neural expression of semantic memory impairment in mild cognitive impairment and early Alzheimer's disease

Semantic deficits in Alzheimer's disease have been widely documented, but little is known about the integrity of semantic memory in the prodromal stage of the illness. The aims of the present study were to: (i) investigate naming abilities and …