Lewy body dementia and creativity: Case report

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 3011-3015

  Drago, Valeria ^a,b,c   Crucian, Gregory P ^a,b   Foster, Paul S ^a,b   Cheong, Josepha ^b   Finney, Glen R ^a,b   Pisani, Francesco ^c   Heilman, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artistic production; Degenerative disease; Divergent thinking; Frontal lobe; Visuospatial dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ART; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MALE; PAINTING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAINTINGS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749452233     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.05.030     Document Type: Article

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