Reducing perceptual interference improves visual discrimination in mild cognitive impairment: Implications for a model of perirhinal cortex function

Hippocampus

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1990-1999

  Newsome, Rachel N ^a   Duarte, Audrey ^b   Barense, Morgan D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Interference; Medial temporal lobe; Mild cognitive impairment; Perception; Perirhinal cortex; Visual discrimination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MENTAL TASK; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL INTERFERENCE; PERFORMANCE; PERIRHINAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

AGED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866310004     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22071     Document Type: Article

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