Computerized adaptation of the Placing Test for early detection of both mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimers disease

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 846-856

  Vacante, Marco ^a,b   Wilcock, Gordon K ^b   De Jager, Celeste A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Episodic memory; Hippocampus; Medial temporal lobe; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84885670043     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2013.825235     Document Type: Article

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