title: Word familiarity influences word-stem completion in amnesic patients.
abstract: The effect of familiarity to word-stem completion priming in amnesic patients was studied. A smaller priming effect of low familiarity of words in amnesic patients indicated that the process of lexical access may be involved in word-stem completion in amnesic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Science, Osaka University of Education, Kashiwara City, Japan. motomura@cc.osaka-kyoiku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Naoyasu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Motomura
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014825:Vocabulary