A large-scale retrospective study of closing-in behavior in Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 787-792

  Ambron, Elisabetta ^a,b   Mcintosh, Robert D ^a   Allaria, Francesca ^c   Della Sala, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attention; Constructional apraxia; Dementia; Drawing; Executive functions; Visuospatial abilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLOSING IN BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAWING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 70349432199     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709990245     Document Type: Article

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