Everyday action in dementia: Evidence for differential deficits in Alzheimer's disease versus subcortical vascular dementia

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-53

  Giovannetti, Tania ^a   Schmidt, Kara S ^b   Gallo, Jennifer L ^b   Sestito, Nicole ^a,b   Libon, David J ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living (ADL); Cortical dementia; Errors of action; Functional abilities; Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL); Naturalistic action; Subcortical dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; LANGUAGE; MEMORY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33644916375     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617706060012     Document Type: Article

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