Tone duration discrimination in demented, memory-impaired, and healthy elderly

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-54

  Hellström, Åke ^a   Almkvist, Ove ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s disease; Auditory performance; Cognition; Memory impairment; Neuropsychological tests; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030902727     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000106600     Document Type: Article

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