Recall and recognition of verbal paired associates in early Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 591-600

  Lowndes, Georgia J ^a,b   Saling, M M ^a   Ames, D ^a   Chiu, E ^a   Gonzalez, L M ^b   Savage, G R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Associative; Dementia; Detection; Learning; Memory; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 46649115352     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617708080806     Document Type: Article

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