The effect of age on the FCSRT-IR and temporary visual memory binding

Lewis Killin; Sharon Abrahams; Mario A Parra; Sergio Della Sala

doi:10.1017/S104161021700165X

The effect of age on the FCSRT-IR and temporary visual memory binding

Lewis Killin, Sharon Abrahams, Mario A Parra, Sergio Della Sala

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BACKGROUND: Cognitive markers of early Alzheimer's disease (AD) should be sensitive and specific to memory impairments that are not associated with healthy cognitive aging. In the present study, we investigated the effect of healthy cognitive aging on two proposed cognitive markers of AD: the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Task with Immediate Recall (FCSRT-IR) and a temporary visual memory binding (TMB) task.

METHOD: Free recall and the cost of holding bound information in visual memory were compared between 24 younger and 24 older participants in a mixed, fully counterbalanced experiment.

RESULTS: A significant effect of age was observed on free recall in the FCSRT-IR only and not on the cost of binding in the TMB task.

CONCLUSIONS: Of these two cognitive markers, the TMB task is more likely to be specific to memory impairments that are independent of age.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	331-340
Journal	International Psychogeriatrics
Volume	30
Issue number	3
Early online date	12 Sept 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S104161021700165X
Publication status	Published - Mar 2018

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Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre (Phase 2)
Russ, T. (Principal Investigator)
UK-based charities
16/05/16 → 30/11/22
Project: Research
Short term memory binding: a sensitive cognitive marker for Alzheimer's disease
Parra, M. (Principal Investigator) & Della Sala, S. (Co-investigator)
UK-based charities
4/09/12 → 3/09/15
Project: Research

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Short term memory binding: a sensitive cognitive marker for Alzheimer's disease

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