Altered Sense of Humor in Dementia

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-119

  Clark, Camilla N ^a   Nicholas, Jennifer M ^a,b   Gordon, Elizabeth ^a   Golden, Hannah L ^a   Cohen, Miriam H ^a   Woodward, Felix J ^a   MacPherson, Kirsty ^a   Slattery, Catherine F ^a   Mummery, Catherine J ^a   Schott, Jonathan M ^a   Rohrer, Jonathan D ^a   Warren, Jason D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; comedy; dementia; frontotemporal dementia; humor; progressive aphasia; semantic dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL VARIANT FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMAN; HUMOR; LAUGHTER; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA; SEMANTIC DEMENTIA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION DISORDERS; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRIMARY PROGRESSIVE NONFLUENT APHASIA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84948700353     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-150413     Document Type: Article

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