Preserved metamemorial ability in patients with mild Alzheimer's disease: Shifting response bias

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-39

  Waring, Jill D ^a,b,c,d   Chong, Hyemi ^c   Wolk, David A ^e   Budson, Andrew E ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Discrimination; Memory; Metamemory; Response bias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 38649128819     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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