The impact of acuity on performance of four clinical measures of contrast sensitivity in Alzheimer's disease

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Neargarder, Sandy A ^a,b   Stone, Erika R ^b   Cronin Golomb, Alice ^b   Oross III, Stephen ^c  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037240605     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/58.1.P54     Document Type: Article

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