Temporal Preparation Strategy may Inflate RT Deficit in Patients with Parkinson's Disease

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1079-1089

  Bherer, Louis ^a   Belleville, Sylvie ^b,c   Gilbert, Brigitte ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MENTAL TASK; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0242637117     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.25.8.1079.16725     Document Type: Article

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