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pyramids and palm trees task
a semantic memory test that presents one word or picture above two others. The participant is then asked to identify which of the bottom items best matches the top item. Semantic memory is necessary for the identification of the analogies, which link conceptually two perceptually, and functionally distinct entities.

Synonyms: palmtrees and pyramids task


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semantic memory
  • accuracy of participant minus average accuracy of controls
 
  • accuracy during task minus accuracy of some baseline test (like matching)
 

NPicchetti Initial definition from Gamboz et al. cited above
about one year ago


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Definition contributed by CTorgerson about one year ago:

a semantic memory test that presents one word or picture above two others. The participant is then asked to identify which of the bottom items best matches the top item. Semantic memory is necessary for the identification of the analogies, which link conceptually two perceptually, and functionally distinct entities.

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Definition contributed by BGregory about one year ago:

a semantic memory test that measures the capacity to access detailed semantic information about words and pictures, necessary for the identification of the analogies, which link conceptually two perceptually, and functionally distinct entities.

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Definition contributed by BGregory about two years ago:

a semantic memory test that measures the capacity to access detailed semantic information about words and pictures, necessary for the identification of the analogies, which link conceptually two perceptually, and functionally distinct entities. (from doi: 10.1007/s10072-009-0130-y) *(Gamboz, N., Coluccia, E., Iavarone, A., Brandimonte, M. A. (2009). Normative data for the pyramids and palm trees test in the elderly Italian population. Neurological Sciences)

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Definition contributed by SAdministrator about three years ago:

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Normative data for the Pyramids and Palm Trees Test in the elderly Italian population.
Gamboz N, Coluccia E, Iavarone A, Brandimonte MA
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (Neurol Sci)
2009 Dec
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Is semantic memory consistently impaired early in the course of Alzheimer's disease? Neuroanatomical and diagnostic implications.
Hodges JR, Patterson K
(Neuropsychologia)
1995 Apr
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