Recognition memory in Alzheimer's disease: A demonstration of a remarkable memory capacity in Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-9

  Karlsson, Thomas ^a   Johansson, Inez ^b   Adolfsson, Rolf ^b   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^c   Dubuc, Severine ^a,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Memory; Memory capacity; Recognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 18744381817     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000066671     Document Type: Article

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