Effects of graded levels of physical similarity and density on visual selective attention in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-17

  Foldi, Nancy S ^a,b,c   Schaefer, Lynn A ^a,b   White, Richard E C ^a   Johnson Jr , Ray ^a   Berger, Jeffrey T ^c   Carney, Maria T ^c   Macina, Lucy O ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 12444319334     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.19.1.5     Document Type: Article

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