Shifting efficacy, distribution of attention and controlled processing in two subtypes of mild cognitive impairment: Response time performance and intraindividual variability on a visual search task

Neurocase

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 408-417

  McLaughlin, Paula M ^a   Borrie, Michael J ^b   Murtha, Susan J E ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Attention; Mild cognitive impairment; Variability; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNESIA; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956961043     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554791003620306     Document Type: Article

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