Mental rotation of faces in healthy aging and Alzheimer's disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Adduri, Cassandra A ^a   Marotta, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 67650556408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006120     Document Type: Article

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