Association between olfaction and higher cortical functions in Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment, and healthy older adults

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 646-658

  Ward, Amanda M ^a   Calamia, Matthew ^b   Thiemann, Erin ^a   Dunlap, Jamie ^a   Tranel, Daniel ^a,c  

^a University of Iowa   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Dementia; Emotions; Memory; Smell

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SMELLING; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEMORY; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION;

EID: 84995549947     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2016.1253667     Document Type: Article

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