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. 1978 Jun;41(6):571–574. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.41.6.571

Category-specific naming preservation: a single case study.

P McKenna, E K Warrington
PMCID: PMC493087  PMID: 671069

Abstract

The report of this single case study describes the preservation of a simple semantic category in a severely anomic patient. The implications for the organisation of semantic knowledge are discussed.

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