Is knowledge of famous people disproportionately impaired in patients with early and questionable Alzheimer's disease?

Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 344-358

  Thompson, Sian A ^a   Graham, Kim S ^b,c   Patterson, Karalyn ^b   Sahakian, Barbara J ^a   Hodges, John R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GRADED FACES TEST; GRADED NAMING TEST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FACE; HOSPITALIZATION; PUBLIC FIGURE; TIME;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACE; FAMOUS PERSONS; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; HUMANS;

EID: 0035996011     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.16.3.344     Document Type: Article

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