Memory performances in young, elderly, and very old healthy individuals versus patients with Alzheimer's disease: Evidence for discontinuity between normal and pathological aging

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 14-29

  Carlesimo, Giovanni A ^a   Mauri, Marco ^b   Graceffa, Anita M S ^a   Fadda, Lucia ^d   Loasses, Antonella ^a   Lorusso, Sebastiano ^c   Caltagirone, Carlo ^a,d  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Rimini   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SERIAL LEARNING; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0031846561     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.20.1.14.1482     Document Type: Article

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