Verbal learning in Alzheimer's disease: Cumulative word knowledge gains across learning trials

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 730-739

  Foster, Paul S ^a,b   Drago, Valeria ^b,c   Crucian, Gregory P ^d,e   Rhodes, Robert D ^f   Shenal, Brian V ^g   Heilman, Kenneth M ^b,g  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c OASI RESEARCH INSTITUTE IRCCS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^e BURWOOD HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^f Business Administration and Division of Business and Economics   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Learning; Learning curve; Memory; Verbal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 70349414510     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709990336     Document Type: Article

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