Comparative effects of ageing and dementia of the alzheimer type on orientation of visual attention

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 366-375

  Wright, Margie ^a   Geffen, Gina ^a   Geffen, Laurie ^b  

^a Departments of Psychology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Covert visual attention; Dementia of the Alzheimer type

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0030699193     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106657     Document Type: Article

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