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Access to Information About Famous Individuals In Alzheimer's Disease

Year: 1997

Type: article

Abstract: Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and normal adults were tested in two complementary recognition tasks. On each trial of the faces task, participants matched the photograph of a famous individual to one of four names. On each tial of the names task, participants matched the name of a famous individual to one of four photographs. The AD patients made enough consistent errors across the two tasks to suggest an impairment in the storage of information about the individuals. In addition, they made enough inconsistent errors to suggest a generalized retrieval deficit. The AD patients performed as well on the faces taslk as on the names task, providing no evidence of a specialized deficit in the retrieval of lexical information.

Source: Cortex

DOI: 10.1016/s0010-9452(08)70009-1

Authors: Stephen Dopkins, Richard Kovner, Jill B. Rich, Jason Brandt

Institutions: George Washington University, Cornell University, North Shore University Hospital, York University, Johns Hopkins University

Language: English

Topic: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $3,830