Failure to control prepotent pathways in early stage dementia of the Alzheimer's type: Evidence from dichotic listening

Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 687-695

  Duchek, Janet M ^a   Balota, David A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Attention; Dichotic listening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EAR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RECALL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; STATISTICS;

EID: 26444537448     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.19.5.687     Document Type: Article

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