Emotional Working Memory in Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
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Emotional Working Memory in Alzheimer's Disease Patients
BACKGROUND Few studies have assessed whether emotional content affects processes supporting working memory in Alzheimer disease (AD) patients. METHODS We assessed 22 AD patients and 40 elderly controls (EC) with a delayed matching and non-matching to sample task (DMST/DNMST), and a spatial-delayed recognition span task (SRST; unique/varied) using emotional stimuli. RESULTS AD patients showe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1664-5464
DOI: 10.1159/000329155