Social influence on associative learning: Double dissociation in high-functioning autism, early-stage behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Cortex

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 200-209

  Kéri, Szabolcs ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Autism; Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia; Paired associates learning; Social cognition; Theory of mind

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN ATROPHY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE DISSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL COGNITION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPATIAL LEARNING; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TEMPORAL LOBE; THEORY OF MIND; ADOLESCENT; AUTISM; COGNITION; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN RELATION; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897544350     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.02.018     Document Type: Article

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