Musical memory in alzheimer disease

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-128

  Vanstone, Ashley D ^a   Cuddy, Lola L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer disease; Cognitive; Heterogeneity; Music cognition; Preserved memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 73649100954     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580903042676     Document Type: Article

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