An object location memory paradigm for older adults with and without mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 237, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-25

  Külzow, Nadine ^a   Kerti, Lucia ^a   Witte, Veronica A ^a   Kopp, Ute ^a   Breitenstein, Caterina ^b   Flöel, Agnes ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Associative learning; Cognitive mild impairment; Non invasive brain stimulation; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Visuospatial memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEARNING; LEARNING CURVE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT LOCATION MEMORY; POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE AFFECT SCHEDULE; RECALL; RESPONSE TIME; SENESCENCE; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; VISUAL MEMORY; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84907545904     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2014.08.020     Document Type: Article

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