Executive functions as predictors of functional performance in mild alzheimerés dementia and mild cognitive impairment elderly

Estudos de Psicologia

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-124

  De Paula, Jonas Jardim ^a   Malloy Diniz, Leandro Fernandes ^b  

^a Neuropsychologist of the Centro de Referência ao Idoso HC UFMG   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's dementia; Cognition; Episodic memory; Executive functions; Function activities

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878633621     PISSN: 1413294X     EISSN: 16784669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1413-294X2013000100019     Document Type: Article

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