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Direct and indirect memory performance in patients with senile dementia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Fiona M. Partridge ,
Robert G. Knight  and
Michael Feehan
Fiona M. Partridge*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Otago, New Zealand
Robert G. Knight
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Otago, New Zealand
Michael Feehan
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Otago, New Zealand
*
1Address for correspondence: Ms F. M. Partridge, Department of Psychology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Synopsis

The performance of patients with a presumptive clinical diagnosis of Senile Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type was compared to that of a group of normal elderly on several memory and neuropsychological tasks. The patients were impaired on tasks of free and cued recall, but exhibited normal performance on a word-completion procedure similar to that used by Graf et al. (1984). Reasons for the discrepancy between these findings and those from related research which reports impairment of word completion in patients with Alzheimer's Disease are discussed. Of particular interest is the role the orientating task plays in word-completion performance.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , February 1990 , pp. 111 - 118
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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