The episodic buffer and learning in early Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 627-638

  Germano, Carmela ^a   Kinsella, Glynda J ^a,b   Storey, Elsdon ^c   Ong, Ben ^a   Ames, David ^d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Caulfield General Medical Centre   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 46849105042     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390701594894     Document Type: Article

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