Abstract:Objectives: To investigate the patterns of impairment in decision-making abilities and their relationship with cognitive and clinical symptoms in people with Alzheimer's disease. We hypothesized that decision-making abilities would not be impaired at the same level and would be related to impairment of global cognition and other clinical symptoms of the disease. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, we included a consecutive sample of 102 people with Alzheimer's disease and their respective caregivers. We i… Show more
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