Visual perceptual functions predict instrumental activities of daily living in patients with dementia

Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 198-206

  Glosser, Guila ^a   Gallo, Jennifer ^a   Duda, Nanci ^a   De Vries, Jeroen J ^a   Clark, Christopher M ^a   Grossman, Murray ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Alzheimer disease neurodegenerative dementia; Vision; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036713759     PISSN: 0894878X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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