Decreased Recall of Primacy Words Predicts Cognitive Decline

Bruno, Davide and Reiss, Philip T. and Petkova, Eva and Sidtis, John J. and Pomara, Nunzio (2013) Decreased Recall of Primacy Words Predicts Cognitive Decline. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 28 (2). pp. 95-103. ISSN 1873-5843

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Abstract

One of the cognitive changes associated with Alzheimer's disease is a diminution of the primacy effect, i.e., the tendency toward better recall of items studied early on a list compared with the rest. We examined whether learning and recall of primacy words predicted subsequent cognitive decline in 204 elderly subjects who were non-demented and cognitively intact when first examined. Our results show that poorer primacy performance in the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test delayed recall trials, but not in immediate recall trials, is an effective predictor of subsequent decline in general cognitive function. This pattern of performance can be interpreted as evidence that failure to consolidate primacy items is a marker of cognitive decline

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Serial position, Primacy, Memory, Cognitive decline, Consolidation
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Human and Digital Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User:	Users 4 not found.
Date Deposited:	10 Mar 2014 08:45
Last Modified:	10 Mar 2014 08:45
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/45

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