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The other side of the coin: Semantic dementia as a lesion model for understanding recollection and familiarity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2020

Cherie Strikwerda-Brown  and
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Cherie Strikwerda-Brown
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The University of Sydney, School of Psychology, Camperdown, NSW2050, Australiacherie.strikwerda-brown@sydney.edu.auhttps://sydney.edu.au/science/people/cherie.strikwerda-brown.435.php The University of Sydney, Brain and Mind Centre, Camperdown, NSW2050, Australia. muireann.irish@sydney.edu.auhttps://sydney.edu.au/science/people/muireann.irish.php
Muireann Irish
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The University of Sydney, School of Psychology, Camperdown, NSW2050, Australiacherie.strikwerda-brown@sydney.edu.auhttps://sydney.edu.au/science/people/cherie.strikwerda-brown.435.php The University of Sydney, Brain and Mind Centre, Camperdown, NSW2050, Australia. muireann.irish@sydney.edu.auhttps://sydney.edu.au/science/people/muireann.irish.php
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Abstract

The syndrome of semantic dementia represents the “other side of the coin” to Alzheimer's disease, offering convergent evidence to help refine Bastin et al.’s integrative memory model. By considering the integrative memory model through the lens of semantic dementia, we propose a number of important extensions to the framework, to help clarify the complex neurocognitive mechanisms underlying recollection and familiarity.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e300
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