Spelling and attention in early alzheimer′s disease: Evidence for impairment of the graphemic buffer

Brain and Language

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 241-262

  Neils, Jean ^a   Roeltgen, David P ^b   Greer, Anita ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c St Elizabeth Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSGRAPHIA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MENTAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; WRITING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOCABULARY; WRITING;

EID: 0029043417     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1995.1032     Document Type: Article

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