Clustering and switching on verbal fluency tests in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-143

  Troyer, Angela K ^a,b   Moscovitch, Morris ^a,b,c   Winocur, Gordon ^a,b,d   Leach, Larry ^c   Freedman, Morris ^a,b,e  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia of the Alzheimer type; Parkinson's disease; Verbal fluency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031960190     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617798001374     Document Type: Article

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