Visual exploration behaviour during clock reading in Alzheimer's disease

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 431-438

  Mosimann, U P ^a,b   Felblinger, J ^a,c   Ballinari, P ^a   Hess, C W ^a   Muri R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Clock reading; Visual exploration

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; VISUAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0742271099     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh051     Document Type: Article

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