Color Vision in Alzheimer's Patients: Can We Improve Object Recognition with Color Cues?

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 255-267

  Cernin, Paul A ^a,b   Keller, Brenda K ^a   Stoner, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 1642574264     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/anec.10.4.255.28971     Document Type: Article

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