Executive deficits appearing in the initial stage of Alzheimer's disease

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 264-268

  Sgaramella, T M ^a   Borgo, F ^b,c   Mondini, S ^b,c   Pasini, M ^d   Toso, V ^a   Semenza, C ^e  

^a Ospedale Civile Di Vicenza   (Italy)

^b SISSA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0035371219     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(01)80080-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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