Implicit learning in Parkinson's disease: Evidence from a verbal version of the serial reaction time task

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 413-418

  Westwater, Haidee ^a   McDowall, John ^a   Siegert, Richard ^a   Mossman, Stuart ^b   Abernethy, David ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Wellington Hospital   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 0031764428     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.20.3.413.826     Document Type: Article

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