This study investigated the hypothesis that discrepant results regarding the recency effect in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients are due to the different scoring procedures used by various authors and/or to the different number of terminal items attributed to the recency part of the curve. Our results indicate that the last two processed words are available to AD patients for recall, just as they are to controls. Words processed slightly earlier are less available to AD patients than to controls, presumably because of the accelerated forgetting rate in demented patients.
Carlesimo, G., Fadda, L.m., Sabbadini, M., Caltagirone, C. (1996). Recency effect in Alzheimer's disease: a reappraisal. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY: SECTION A, 49(2), 315-325 [10.1080/713755622].
Recency effect in Alzheimer's disease: a reappraisal
CARLESIMO, GIOVANNI;FADDA, LUCIA MICHELA;CALTAGIRONE, CARLO
1996-05-01
Abstract
This study investigated the hypothesis that discrepant results regarding the recency effect in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients are due to the different scoring procedures used by various authors and/or to the different number of terminal items attributed to the recency part of the curve. Our results indicate that the last two processed words are available to AD patients for recall, just as they are to controls. Words processed slightly earlier are less available to AD patients than to controls, presumably because of the accelerated forgetting rate in demented patients.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.