Deconstructing spatial working memory and attention deficits in multiple sclerosis

Neuropsychology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-70

  Gmeindl, Leon ^a   Courtney, Susan M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distraction; Encoding; Serial order; Short term memory; Span

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION; WORKING MEMORY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, CHRONIC PROGRESSIVE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84863596427     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: 19311559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0026213     Document Type: Article

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