Too much to count on: Impaired very small numbers in corticobasal degeneration

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 144-149

  Halpern, Casey ^a   Clark, Robin ^a   Moore, Peachie ^a   Cross, Katy ^a   Grossman, Murray ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticobasal degeneration; Frontotemporal dementia; Number; Subitizing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS;

EID: 34250184133     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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