Social cognition in neurodegenerative disorders: A systematic review

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1071-1079

  Elamin, Marwa ^a   Pender, Niall ^b   Hardiman, Orla ^a,b   Abrahams, S ^c  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN REGION; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MENTAL TASK; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; REVIEW; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LEARNING; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY OF MIND; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84867398839     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-302817     Document Type: Review

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