Music as a memory enhancer in patients with Alzheimer's disease

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3164-3167

  Simmons Stern, Nicholas R ^a,b   Budson, Andrew E ^a,b   Ally, Brandon A ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Episodic memory; Learning and memory; Mnemonics; Music

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MUSIC; MUSIC THERAPY; RECOGNITION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MUSIC THERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 77955268280     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.04.033     Document Type: Article

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