Categorical spatial memory in patients with mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer dementia: Positional versus object-location recall

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 200-204

  Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b   Rijken, Stefan ^a,c   Joosten Weyn Banningh, Liesbeth W A ^b   Schuylenborgh Van Es, Nelleke Van ^b   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Private Practice Op 'T Veld   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alzheimer dementia; Amnesia; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychological assessment; Nonverbal memory; Object location memory; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77149154340     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709990944     Document Type: Article

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