Selective attention in early Dementia of Alzheimer Type

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 221-231

  Fernandez Duque, Diego ^a   Black, Sandra E ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Conflict resolution; Dual tasking; Executive processing; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; REFERENCE VALUES; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 39749129821     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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