The tower of London test: Different scoring criteria for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

Psychological Reports

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 477-488

  de Paula, Jonas Jardim ^a   Moreira, Lafaiete ^a   Nicolato, Rodrigo ^a   de Marco, Luiz Armando ^a   Côrrea, Humberto ^a   Romano Silva, Marco Aurélio ^a   de Moraes, Edgar Nunes ^a   Bicalho, Maria Aparecida ^a   Malloy Diniz, Leandro Fernandes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GAMES, EXPERIMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84861209825     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/03.10.13.PR0.110.2.477-488     Document Type: Article

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