Cognitive and affective Theory of Mind in mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Neuropsychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-120

  Laisney, Mickaël ^a,b,c   Bon, Laetitia ^a,b,c   Guiziou, Catherine ^d   Daluzeau, Nathalie ^d   Eustache, Francis ^a,b,c   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a,b,c  

^a CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^d Centre Hospitalier Robert Bisson   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; READING; STATISTICS; THEORY OF MIND; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPREHENSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; THEORY OF MIND;

EID: 84874900715     PISSN: 17486645     EISSN: 17486653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-6653.2012.02038.x     Document Type: Article

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