Severity of explicit memory impairment due to Alzheimer's disease improves effectiveness of implicit learning

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 255, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 502-509

  Klimkowicz Mrowiec, A ^a   Slowik, A ^a   Krzywoszanski, L ^b   Herzog Krzywoszanska, R ^c   Szczudlik, A ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^b PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Competition; Implicit memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 42549090159     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-008-0717-x     Document Type: Article

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