The role of semantic knowledge and working memory in everyday tasks.

Journal article

We present a single case study of a patient, HG, who was severely impaired on routine everyday tasks, such as cleaning his teeth and preparing a cup of tea. We used the Action Coding System developed by Schwartz et al. (1991) to provide quantitative and qualitative measures of his performance in a number of experimental manipulations: (a) with task-congruent objects only, (b) with task-congruent objects and semantic distractors, (c) with a set of written commands to follow, (d) when he was gi...

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Authors: Forde, E; Humphreys, G

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Brain and cognition
• Volume: 44
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 214-252
• Publication date: 2000-11-01
• DOI: 10.1006/brcg.2000.1229
• EISSN: 1090-2147
• ISSN: 0278-2626
• Language: English
• Keywords: Functional Laterality; Aged; Frontal Lobe; Semantics; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Memory Disorders; Aged, 80 and over; Neuropsychological Tests; Male; Stroke; Cognition Disorders; Severity of Illness Index; Brain; Humans