The comprehension of social situations in a small group of patients with frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Acta Neuropsychologica

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-176

  Cavallo, Marco ^a,b   Enrici, Ivan ^b   Adenzato, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioural problems; Mental states; Social understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; READING THE MIND IN THE EYES TEST; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 80053589497     PISSN: 17307503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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