Attention and driving performance in Alzheimer's disease

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 130-141

  Duchek, Janet M ^a   Hunt, Linda ^b   Ball, Karlene ^c   Buckles, Virginia ^a   Morris, John C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARYVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Washington Univ School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVING ABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 0031943124     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/53b.2.p130     Document Type: Article

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