Event-related brain potential evidence of spared knowledge in Alzheimer's disease
Article Abstract:
Research describing the measurement and analysis of brain potentials in Alzheimer's disease sufferers is presented. Comparisons of cortical responses with young and elderly participants showed evidence of spared knowledge by the disease patients.
Publisher: American Psychological Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2001
Alzheimer's disease
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2001
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Age, working memory, and on-line syntactic processing in sentence comprehension
Article Abstract:
Research describing the age related decline in working memory capacity is presented. Experiments with different age groups showed older participants to have reduced memory spans but that language functions may not differ with age.
Publisher: American Psychological Association, Inc.
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2001
Cognition disorders in old age, Geriatric cognitive disorders, Memory in old age, Old age memory
Publication Name: Psychology and Aging
Subject: Seniors
ISSN: 0882-7974
Year: 2001
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Subjects list: Aging, Research
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