How consistent are cognitive impairments in patients with cerebellar disorders?

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 81-100

  Timmann, Dagmar ^a   Daum, Irene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

attention; cognitive development; intelligence; IQ; verbal working memory

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 77955750916     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/401048     Document Type: Review

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