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Distinct Mechanisms of Impairment in Cognitive Ageing and Alzheimer's Disease
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Mapstone, Mark; Dickerson, Kathryn; Duffy, Charles J. – Brain, 2008
Similar manifestations of functional decline in ageing and Alzheimer's disease obscure differences in the underlying cognitive mechanisms of impairment. We sought to examine the contributions of top-down attentional and bottom-up perceptual factors to visual self-movement processing in ageing and Alzheimer's disease. We administered a novel…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Aging (Individuals), Older Adults, Cognitive Ability