The contribution of impaired working memory monitoring to performance of the self-ordered pointing task in normal aging and Parkinson's disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 546-554

  West, Robert ^a,b   Winocur, Gordon ^a,b,e   Ergis, Anne Marie ^c,d   Saint Cyr, Jean ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0031766567     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.12.4.546     Document Type: Article

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