Journal article
The serial position effect in mild and moderately severe vascular dementia
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Vol.8(4), pp.584-587
05/2002
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617702814369
PMID: 12030311
Abstract
The present study examined the serial position effect in 2
subgroups of individuals with vascular dementia (VaD). Nineteen
individuals with mild VaD and 17 individuals with moderate VaD
were administered the California Verbal Learning Test. Both
groups were impaired on a general memory measure, and the
moderately impaired group demonstrated significantly poorer
recall than the mildly impaired group on the first learning
trial and on total learning across trials. In addition, individuals
with mild dementia demonstrated an intact primacy and recency
effect, whereas individuals with moderate dementia demonstrated
neither primacy nor recency effects. The latter findings are
consistent with studies examining the serial position effect
in other dementia populations, and suggests that the absence
of primacy and recency effects in more advanced dementia may
occur regardless of dementia type. (JINS, 2002,
8, 584–587.)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The serial position effect in mild and moderately severe vascular dementia
- Creators
- ROBERT H PAUL - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode IslandRONALD A COHEN - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode IslandDAVID J MOSER - Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IowaTRICIA M ZAWACKI - Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode IslandNORMAN GORDON - Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Brown Medical School, Providence, Rhode Island
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, Vol.8(4), pp.584-587
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; New York, USA
- DOI
- 10.1017/S1355617702814369
- PMID
- 12030311
- ISSN
- 1355-6177
- eISSN
- 1469-7661
- Number of pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2002
- Academic Unit
- Psychiatry; Medicine Administration
- Record Identifier
- 9984003960902771
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