Exploring cognitive effects of self reported mild stroke in older adults: Selective but robust effects on story memory

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 545-573

  Mansueti, Laura ^a   De Frias, Cindy M ^a   Bub, Daniel ^b   Dixon, Roger A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Language; Left hemisphere damage; Mild stroke; Right hemisphere damage; Story memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; READING; RECALL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SELF REPORT; SEMANTIC MEMORY; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; WORD RECOGNITION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF DISCLOSURE; STROKE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 49749131583     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580701858216     Document Type: Article

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