Decision-making with explicit and stable rules in mild Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1632-1641

  Delazer, M ^a   Sinz, H ^a   Zamarian, L ^a,b   Benke, T ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Dementia; Executive functions; Gambling; Probability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; REACTION TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REACTION TIME; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 33847697347     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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