A novel approach to assessing memory at the population level: Vulnerability to semantic interference

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 785-794

  Snitz, Beth E ^a   Loewenstein, David A ^b,c   Chang, Chung Chou H ^a,d   Lee, Ching Wen ^d   Bilt, Joni Vander ^a   Saxton, Judith ^a   Ganguli, Mary ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cognitive aging; neuropsychological tests; norms; Semantic Interference Test

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; COGNITION; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; READING; RISK; SEMANTIC INTERFERENCE TEST; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; COGNITION DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; SEMANTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77957370156     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209991657     Document Type: Article

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