Is knowledge of famous people compromised in mild cognitive impairment?

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 134-144

  Clague, Fiona ^a   Graham, Kim S ^b   Thompson, Sian A ^c   Hodges, John R ^d  

^a Fife   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; mild cognitive impairment; Person knowledge; proper names; semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SEMANTICS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NAMES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 80053383253     PISSN: 15433633     EISSN: 15370887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0b013e318234315a     Document Type: Article

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