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

J, Calderon; RJ, Perry; SW, Erzinclioglu; GE, Berrios; TR, Dening; JR, Hodges

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.

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Authors:

Calderon J

Perry RJ

Erzinclioglu SW

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, an...

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