Deficits in Emotional and Social Cognition in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Neuropsychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-65

  Girardi, Alessandra ^a   MacPherson, Sarah E ^a   Abrahams, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior; Executive functions; Motor neurone disease; Theory of Mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL SYSTEMS BEHAVIOR SCALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL COGNITION; THEORY OF MIND;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAMBLING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78751630091     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0020357     Document Type: Article

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