Insights into spared memory capacity in amnestic MCI and Alzheimer's Disease via minimal interference

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 189-199

  Dewar, Michaela ^a   Pesallaccia, Martina ^b   Cowan, Nelson ^c   Provinciali, Leandro ^b   Della Sala, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's Disease (AD); Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI); Consolidation; Long Term Memory (LTM); Memory interference; Spared memory capacity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84856772159     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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