Divergent thinking in Alzheimer's and frontotemporal dementia

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 281-290

  Hart, Robert ^a   Wade, James ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PHONEME; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; THINKING; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; THINKING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WORD ASSOCIATION TESTS;

EID: 33746881050     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580490904246     Document Type: Article

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