Attention and working memory deficits in mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 350-357

  Saunders, Nichole L J ^a   Summers, Mathew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive function; Memory; Mild cognitive impairment; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77951232922     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390903042379     Document Type: Article

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