Functional plasticity in Alzheimer's disease: Effect of cognitive training on language-related ERP components

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1638-1648

  Spironelli, Chiara ^a   Bergamaschi, Susanna ^b   Mondini, Sara ^a,b   Villani, Daniele ^b   Angrilli, Alessandro ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Casa di Cura Figlie di San Camillo   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive training; N400; Recognition potential; Semantics; Senile dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RECOGNITION POTENTIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84879023921     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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