Neuropsychology of dementia
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[Neuropsychology of dementia].
As cognitive dysfunction is the core symptom of dementia, the assessment of it is essential for the clinical practice. The role of "neuropsychology" is none other than analysis and interpretation of the central symptoms of brain damaged including dementing illnesses. "Neuropsychology" in this sense does not refer only to the neuropsychological tests that psychologists employ, but certainly impl...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rinsho Shinkeigaku
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0009-918X,1882-0654
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.54.1095