Inhibition of visual and conceptual information during reading in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-181

  Duchek, Janet M ^a   Balota, David A ^b   Thessing, Veronica C ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT SELECTION; READING; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0032464743     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.5.3.169.616     Document Type: Article

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