Valerie E Lesk

Summary

Affiliation: International School for Advanced Studies
Country: Italy

Publications

  1. ncbi Caffeine, priming, and tip of the tongue: evidence for plasticity in the phonological system
    Valerie E Lesk
    Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Via Beirut 2 4, 34014 Trieste, Italy
    Behav Neurosci 118:453-61. 2004
  2. ncbi Testing graceful degradation in a patient with aphasia
    Valerie E Lesk
    OPTIMA Project, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary Trust, Oxford, UK
    Neurocase 13:248-55. 2007

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Publications2

  1. ncbi Caffeine, priming, and tip of the tongue: evidence for plasticity in the phonological system
    Valerie E Lesk
    Cognitive Neuroscience Sector, Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Via Beirut 2 4, 34014 Trieste, Italy
    Behav Neurosci 118:453-61. 2004
    ..The results support the novel hypothesis that the blocking of A, adenosine receptors by caffeine induces an increased short-term plasticity effect within the phonological retrieval system...
  2. ncbi Testing graceful degradation in a patient with aphasia
    Valerie E Lesk
    OPTIMA Project, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary Trust, Oxford, UK
    Neurocase 13:248-55. 2007
    ..The results thus supported the rejection of the hypothesis and we conclude that the use of the pharmacological manipulation provides a sensitive test for the graceful degradation of function...