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| Sandy A NeargarderSummaryAffiliation: Bridgewater State College Country: USA Publications
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The impact of acuity on performance of four clinical measures of contrast sensitivity in Alzheimer's diseaseSandy A Neargarder
Department of Psychology, Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts 02325, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 58:P54-62. 2003....
Characteristics of visual target influence detection of change in naturalistic scenes in Alzheimer diseaseSandy A Neargarder
Department of Psychology, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, Massachusetts 02325, USA
Cogn Behav Neurol 18:151-8. 2005..To examine the role of visual characteristics of the target on Alzheimer disease (AD) patients' ability to detect change in naturalistic scenes...
The neuropsychologic deficits of MELAS: evidence of global impairmentSandy A Neargarder
Psychology Department, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA 02325, USA
Cogn Behav Neurol 20:83-92. 2007..To examine the neuropsychologic profile of MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and strokelike episodes) and relate it to neuropathologic findings...
Neuropsychologic profile of a high-functioning family with a mitochondrial cytopathySandy A Neargarder
Psychology Department, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA 02325, USA
Cogn Behav Neurol 20:193-201. 2007..To examine the neuropsychologic profile of 3 family members diagnosed with the same mitochondrial cytopathy corresponding to a defect in the respiratory chain...
Enhanced stimulus contrast normalizes visual processing of rapidly presented letters in Alzheimer's diseaseGrover C Gilmore
Department of Psychology, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7123, USA
Vision Res 45:1013-20. 2005..A source of the prevalent masking deficit may be reduced signal strength arising from dysfunction of retina or visual cortex. Increasing stimulus contrast may be an effective means of enhancing cognitive performance in AD...
Visual contrast enhances food and liquid intake in advanced Alzheimer's diseaseTracy E Dunne
Department of Psychology, Boston University, 648 Beacon St, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Clin Nutr 23:533-8. 2004..CONCLUSIONS: Simple environmental manipulations, such as contrast enhancement, can significantly increase food and liquid intake in frail demented patients with AD...
