title: Senile dementia and parietal lobe dysfunction.
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.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*