Provoked confabulations in Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1697-1707

  Cooper, Janine M ^a   Shanks, Michael F ^b   Venneri, Annalena ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Alzheimer's disease; Autobiographical memory; Confabulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PROVOCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 33745247154     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.03.029     Document Type: Article

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