Examination of the working memory components in normal aging and in dementia of the Alzheimer type

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-207

  Belleville, Sylvie ^a,b   Peretz, Isabelle ^a,b   Malenfant, Dominique ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Heterogeneity; Normal aging; Phonological processing; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0029932141     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0028-3932(95)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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