Increased variability accompanies frontal lobe damage in dementia

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 360-372

  Murtha, Susan ^a,c   Cismaru, Roxanna ^a   Waechter, Randall ^c   Chertkow, Howard ^a,b,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Frontal lobe; Variability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0036218740     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617702813170     Document Type: Article

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