Loss of person-specific knowledge in Alzheimer's disease: Evidence from priming

Neurocase

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 263-268

  Predovan, David ^a,b   Gandini, Delphine ^a,c   Montembeault, Maxime ^a,c   Rouleau, Isabelle ^b   Bherer, Louis ^a,d   Joubert, Sven ^a,c   Brambati, Simona M ^a,c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Dementia; Executive function; Famous people; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; REPETITION PRIMING; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPETITION PRIMING; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84893744642     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2013.770876     Document Type: Article

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