Visuospatial Function in Early Alzheimer's Disease-The Use of the Visual Object and Space Perception (VOSP) Battery

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Quental, Natália Bezerra Mota ^a   Brucki, Sonia Maria Dozzi ^a   Bueno, Orlando Francisco Amodeo ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OBJECT RELATION; STRIATE CORTEX; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL ORIENTATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84880500863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068398     Document Type: Article

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