Visual impairments in dementia with lewy bodies and posterior cortical atrophy

Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-48

  Metzler Baddeley, Claudia ^a   Baddeley, Roland J ^b   Lovell, Paul G ^b   Laffan, Amanda ^a   Jones, Roy W ^a  

^a ROYAL UNITED HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Feature integration; Orientation; Visuo perception

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; STRIATE CORTEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL CORTEX; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; BRAIN CORTEX; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTATION; PATHOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATROPHY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; ROTATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77949351847     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016834     Document Type: Article

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