Executive Functions And Screening For Mild Cognitive Impairment And Alzheimers Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study
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Executive functions deficit in mild cognitive impairment.
OBJECTIVE To investigate whether patients diagnosed with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (MCI) have also impairment in attention/executive functions, and therefore to clarify whether all subcomponents of executive control are equally affected in MCI. BACKGROUND MCI refers to the transitional state between normal aging and dementia. Amnestic MCI is characterized by impaired episodic memory,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Psychopathologica
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2469-6676
DOI: 10.4172/2469-6676.100171