Cognitive rehabilitation in a visual variant of Alzheimer's disease

Applied Neuropsychology:Adult

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 73-78

  Alves, Jorge ^a   Magalhães, Rosana ^a   Arantes, Mavilde ^b   Cruz, Sara ^a   Gonçalves, Óscar F ^a,c   Sampaio, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cognitive intervention; cognitive rehabilitation; posterior cortical atrophy

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84919904305     PISSN: 23279095     EISSN: 23279109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2013.831865     Document Type: Article

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