The naming profile in Alzheimer patients parallels that of elderly controls

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 565-574

  Gale, Tim M ^a,b   Irvine, Karen ^a   Laws, Keith R ^a   Ferrissey, Sue ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Bootstrap; Category specific; Control; Picture naming; Superordinate

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 67650043502     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390802360542     Document Type: Article

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