The profile of executive functioning in amnestic mild cognitive impairment: Disproportionate deficits in inhibitory control

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 541-555

  Johns, Erin K ^a   Phillips, Natalie A ^a,b,c   Belleville, Sylvie ^d   Goupil, Diane ^d   Babins, Lennie ^c   Kelner, Nora ^c   Ska, Bernadette ^d,e   Gilbert, Brigitte ^d   Massoud, Fadi ^d,f   De Boysson, Chloé ^d   Duncan, Hilary D ^a   Chertkow, Howard ^b,c  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Brown Peterson task; Cognition; Dementia; Executive function; Hayling test; Inhibition; Letter Number Sequencing; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychology; Planning; Stroop test; Tower of London; Verbal fluency; Working memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84861081841     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617712000069     Document Type: Article

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