Influence of a memory training program on attention and memory performance of patients with dementia

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 32-38

  Bernhardt, Tanja ^a   Maurer, Konrad ^a   Froölich, Lutz ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; Dementia; Psychological intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036184508     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003910200004     Document Type: Article

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