Mechanism of the closing-in phenomenon in a figure copying task in Alzheimer's disease patients

Neurocase

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 393-397

  Lee, Byung Hwa ^a   Chin, Juhee ^a   Kang, Sue J ^a   Kim, Eun Joo ^a   Park, Key Chung ^a   Na, Duk L ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 12144278267     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790490892194     Document Type: Article

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