Decoding emotional prosody in Parkinson's disease and its potential neuropsychological basis

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 553-564

  Mitchell, Rachel L C ^a,c   Boucas, Sofia Barbosa ^b,c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Emotional prosody; Frontal lobes; Parkinson's disease; Social cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL PROSODY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROOP TEST;

AGED; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

EID: 67651245406     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390802360534     Document Type: Article

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