No Category Specificity in Alzheimer's Disease: A Normal Aging Effect

Neuropsychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 485-490

  Moreno Martínez, F Javier ^a   Laws, Keith R ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bootstrap analysis; category specificity; nuisance variables; semantic memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 47249136536     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.22.4.485     Document Type: Article

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