Visuospatial planning and problem solving in Alzheimer's disease patients: A study with the tower of london test

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 424-428

  Franceschi, Massimo ^a   Caffarra, Paolo ^b,e   De Vreese, Luc ^c   Pelati, Oriana ^a   Pradelli, Samantha ^c   Savarè, Rita ^d   Cerutti, Renata ^d   Grossi, Enzo ^d   Padovani, A ^f   Mecocci, P ^g   Pettenati, C ^h   Perri, R ⁱ   Alberoni, M ^j   Gallucci, M ^k   Gianelli, M V ^l   Cester, A ^m   Stracciari, A ⁿ   Neri, M ^o  

^a IRCCS MULTIMEDICA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Nucleo Specialistico Demenze C/o RSA IX Gennaio   (Italy)

^d Bracco SpA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^h Centro Regionale Alzheimer   (Italy)

ⁱ IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^j Unità di Neurologia Riabilitativa Don Gnocchi   (Italy)

^k OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^m Ospedale di Dolo   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Executive functions; Neuropsychology; Tower of London

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOWER OF LONDON TEST;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 36448961271     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109827     Document Type: Article

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