Influence of disorders of visual perception in word-to-picture matching tasks in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Language

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 326-334

  Silveri, Maria Caterina ^a   Leggio, Maria Giuseppa ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEMANTICS; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0030219701     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0078     Document Type: Article

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