The utility of stroop task switching as a marker for early-stage alzheimer's disease

Psychology and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 545-559

  Hutchison, Keith A ^a   Balota, David A ^b   Ducheck, Janet M ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Attentional control; Dementia; Stroop; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; STROOP TASK SWITCHING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; STROOP TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 77957273974     PISSN: 08827974     EISSN: 19391498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018498     Document Type: Article

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