An island of stability: Art images and natural scenes - but not natural faces-show consistent esthetic response in Alzheimer's-related dementia

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Graham, Daniel J ^a   Stockinger, Simone ^b   Leder, Helmut ^b  

^a HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Art perception; Dementia; Esthetic stability; Esthetics; Face perception; Memory; Natural scenes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878779480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00107     Document Type: Article

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