Intelligence and executive functions in frontotemporal dementia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 725-730

  Roca, María ^a,b   Manes, Facundo ^a,b   Gleichgerrcht, Ezequiel ^a,b   Watson, Peter ^d   Ibáñez, Agustín ^a,c   Thompson, Russell ^d   Torralva, Teresa ^a,b   Duncan, John ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE NEUROLOGY INECO   (Argentina)

^b FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^d MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Executive functions; Fluid intelligence; Frontotemporal dementia; Multitasking; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL COGNITION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

EID: 84873508943     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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