A neuropsychological battery to detect specific executive and social cognitive impairments in early frontotemporal dementia

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1299-1309

  Torralva, Teresa ^a,b   Roca, Mara ^a,b   Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel ^a   Bekinschtein, Tristn ^a   Manes, Facundo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE NEUROLOGY INECO   (Argentina)

^b FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Executive function; Frontal lobe; Frontotemporal dementia; Neuropsychological assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EXECUTIVE AND SOCIAL COGNITION BATTERY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HOTEL TASK; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIPLE ERRANDS TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY OF MIND TEST;

EID: 66549086259     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awp041     Document Type: Article

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