The Placing Test: preliminary investigations of a quick and simple memory test designed to be sensitive to pre-dementia Alzheimer's disease but not to normal ageing.
The medial temporal lobe (MTL) memory system is damaged early in Alzheimer's disease. Cognitive tests designed to help diagnose the disease must detect dysfunction in this system, but must also be insensitive to the cognitive slowing that characterizes normal ageing. On the assumption that the...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2006
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