Working Memory and On-Line Sentence Comprehension in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-400

  Waters, Gloria S ^a   Caplan, David ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0031180399     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025073902269     Document Type: Article

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