False-belief understanding in frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 489-497

  Fernandez Duque, Diego ^a   Baird, Jodie A ^b   Black, Sandra E ^c  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive processes; Development; Modularity; Neuropsychology; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; CULTURE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 67650723493     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390802282688     Document Type: Article

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