Assessing cognitive impairment in parkinson's disease: A comparison of two tower tasks

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 177-185

  McKinlay, Audrey ^a   Grace, Randolph C ^a   Kaller, Christoph P ^b   Dalrymple Alford, John C ^a,c   Anderson, Timothy J ^c,d   Fink, John ^c,d   Roger, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c Van der Veer Institute New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Inhibition; Parkinson's disease; Planning; Tower of Hanoi; Tower of London; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; READING; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70449686514     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09084280903098661     Document Type: Article

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