Landmark recognition in Alzheimer's dementia: Spared implicit memory for objects relevant for navigation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b   van Doormaal, Amy ^a   Janzen, Gabriele ^a,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIDEORECORDING; VIRTUAL REALITY; BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79953698140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018611     Document Type: Article

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