Evidence for an impaired ability to determine semantic relations in Alzheimer's disease patients

Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 555-564

  Sailor, Kevin M ^a   Bramwell, Annmarie ^b,d   Griesing, Teresa A ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Department of Biology

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NERVE NET; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTIC DIFFERENTIAL;

EID: 0031791899     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.12.4.555     Document Type: Article

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