Evidence for intact selective attention in Alzheimer's disease patients using a location priming task

Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 381-389

  Ko, Philip C ^a   Kilduff, Patrick T ^a   Higgins, Julie A ^b   Milberg, William ^a,c   McGlinchey, Regina ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Negative priming; Selective attention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACILITATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 19444375717     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.19.3.381     Document Type: Article

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