Hemispatial neglect an visual search tasks in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-208

  Mendez, Mario F ^a,b,c   Cherrier, Monique M ^a,b   Cymerman, Judy S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Attention; Neglect; Visuospatial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HEMIANOPSIA; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; PARIETAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030931367     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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