Interactions between Phasic Alerting and Spatial Orienting: Effects of Normal Aging and Alzheimer's Disease

Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 258-268

  Festa Martino, Elena ^a   Ott, Brian R ^a   Heindel, William C ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 1942534180     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.18.2.258     Document Type: Article

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