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Senile Dementia and Parietal Lobe Dysfunction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

C. J. Gilleard ,
E. Spain  and
R. E. O'Carroll
C. J. Gilleard
Affiliation:
University of Edinburgh, currently Senior Lecturer in Child Psychology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
E. Spain
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology, 255 Crail Street, Glasgow
R. E. O'Carroll*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Psychology
*
∗Andrew Duncan Clinic, Royal Edinburgh Hospital, Morningside Park, Edinburgh EH10 5HF.
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Abstract

Two samples of patients suffering from senile dementia were administered the Kew tests for parietal lobe function and aphasia. No evidence emerged of any clinical heterogeneity; parietal lobe test performance was found to be more a function of degree of impairment rather than of age.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 114 - 117
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Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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