Enhanced stimulus strength improves visual cognition in aging and Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 952-966

  Cronin Golomb, Alice ^a   Gilmore, Grover C ^b   Neargarder, Sandy ^a,c   Morrison, Sarah R ^b   Laudate, Thomas M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer; Cognition; Contrast sensitivity; Vision

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DONEPEZIL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; RIVASTIGMINE;

ACCURACY; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERSONALITY TEST; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 34948904401     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70693-2     Document Type: Article

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