Feasibility and efficacy of intensive cognitive training in early-stage alzheimer's disease

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 150-158

  Kanaan, Saddam F ^a   McDowd, Joan M ^b   Colgrove, Yvonne ^a   Burns, Jeffery M ^c   Gajewski, Byron ^c   Pohl, Patricia S ^d  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Russell Sage College   (United States)

Author keywords

brain plasticity; cognitive rehabilitation; cognitive training; dementia; memory and attention training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; TRAINING; WORKING MEMORY; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898990960     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317513506775     Document Type: Article

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