Declines in problem solving and anosognosia in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Application of guilford's structure of intellect theory

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-34

  Flaherty Craig, Claire V ^a   Brothers, Allyson ^a   Yang, Chengwu ^a   Svoboda, Ryan ^a   Simmons, Zachary ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

anosognosia; Cognitive impairment; frontotemporal dysfunctionals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANOSOGNOSIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGNOSIA; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AWARENESS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FRONTOTEMPORAL LOBAR DEGENERATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF CONCEPT; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955463379     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e3182138454     Document Type: Article

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