Visual and visuospatial short-term memory in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease: Role of attention

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1948-1960

  Alescio Lautier, B ^a   Michel, B F ^b   Herrera, C ^a   Elahmadi, A ^a   Chambon, C ^a   Touzet, C ^a   Paban, V ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Attention; MCI; Visual memory; Visuospatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY;

EID: 33847750722     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.04.033     Document Type: Article

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