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Berg, W. Keith; Byrd, Dana L.; McNamara, Joseph P. H.; Case, Kimberly – Brain and Cognition, 2010
The Tower of London (TOL) task has been widely used in both clinical and research realms. In the current study, 104 healthy participants attempted all possible moderate- to high-difficulty TOL problems in order to determine: (1) optimal measures of problem solving performance, (2) problem characteristics, other than the minimum moves necessary to…
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Factor Analysis, Performance Factors, Task Analysis
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Mozaz, Maria; Garaigordobil, Maite; Rothi, Leslie J. Gonzalez; Anderson, Jeffrey; Crucian, Gregory P.; Heilman, Kenneth M. – Brain and Cognition, 2006
Background: Apraxia is neurologically induced deficit in the ability perform purposeful skilled movements. One of the most common forms is ideomotor apraxia (IMA) where spatial and temporal production errors are most prevalent. IMA can be associated Alzheimer's disease (AD), even early in its course, but is often not identified possibly because…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Human Posture, Performance Tests, Nonverbal Communication