Perception, attention, and working memory are disproportionately impaired in dementia with Lewy bodies compared with Alzheimer's disease

Calderón, J

doi:10.1136/jnnp.70.2.157

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Perception, attention, and working memory are disproportionately impaired in dementia with Lewy bodies compared with Alzheimer's disease

Published in Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry • Feb 1, 2001

Authors:

J Calderón

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To test the hypotheses that visuoperceptual and attentional ability are disproportionately impaired in patients having dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) compared with Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS: A comprehensive battery of neuropsychological tasks designed to assess working, episodic,...

Subject

Dementia with Lewy bodies

Psychology

Episodic memory

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