Assessment of Nondeclarative Learning in Severe Alzheimer Dementia: The Implicit Memory Test (IMT)

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-183

  Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b   Remmerswaal, Madieke ^c   Wilson, Barbara A ^d,e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Duinstede Nursing Home   (Netherlands)

^d MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e The Princess of Wales Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

implicit learning; memory; neuropsychological assessment; nondeclarative memory; paired associate learning; Severe dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLICIT MEMORY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLICIT MEMORY; IMPLICIT MEMORY TEST; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ASSOCIATION TEST; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79958289396     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e318203f3ab     Document Type: Article

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