Intrusion errors in numerical transcoding by Alzheimer patients

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 768-777

  Della Sala, Sergio ^a   Gentileschi, Valentina ^b   Gray, Colin ^a   Spinnler, Hans ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer dementia; Aphasia; Dyscalculia; Intrusion errors; Transcoding

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MATHEMATICS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APHASIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033977113     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00148-7     Document Type: Article

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