Impaired acquisition of a mirror-reading skill in Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-165

  Merbah, Sarah ^a   Salmon, Eric ^b   Meulemans, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Mirror reading skill; Perceptual verbal learning; Procedural learning

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; READING; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650178053     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.11.006     Document Type: Article

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