Conservation of species, volume, and belief in patients with alzheimer's disease: The issue of domain specificity and conceptual impairment

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 511-526

  Zaitchik, Deborah ^a   Solomon, Gregg E A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive development; Conceptual impairment; Domain specificity; Intuitive biology; Piagetian conservation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77949420597     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643290903478549     Document Type: Article

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