How many items from a word list can Alzheimer's disease patients and normal controls recall? Do they recall in a similar way?

Abstract The serial position effect occurs when individuals are asked to recall a list of information that exceeds normal attention span. Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients show lower scores on word span recall tests when compared to healthy aging subjects, younger individuals or depressed patie...

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Main Authors: Marcia Lorena Fagundes Chaves, Ana Luiza Camozzato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642007000100052&lng=en&tlng=en