Distinct serial position profiles and neuropsychological measures differentiate late life depression from normal aging and Alzheimer's disease

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-84

  Foldi, Nancy S ^a,b   Brickman, Adam M ^a   Schaefer, Lynn A ^a,b   Knutelska, Margaret E ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

California Verbal Learning Test; Dementia; Geriatric depression; Serial position effect

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INVOLUTIONAL DEPRESSION; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0141448689     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00163-X     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. American Psychiatric Association 1987. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. 3rd edn. American Psychiatric Press, Washington, DC.
2. Armstrong C., Onishi K., Robinson K., D'Esposito M., Thompson H., Rostami A., Grossman M. Serial position and temporal cue effects in multiple sclerosis: two subtypes of defective memory mechanisms. Neuropsychologia. 34:1996;853-862.
3. Atkinson R.C., Shiffrin R.M. Human memory: a proposed system and its control processes. Spence K.W., Spence J.I. The Psychology of Learning and Motivation: Advances in Research and Theories. 1968;89-195 Academic Press, New York.
4. Baddeley A. Is working memory still working? American Psychologist. 56:2001;851-864.
5. Baddeley A., Hitch G.J. The recency effect: implicit learning with explicit retrieval? Memory and Cognition. 21:1993;146-155.
6. Bayley P.J., Salmon D.P., Bondi M.W., Bui B.K., Olichney J., Delis D.C., Thomas R.G., Thal L.J. Comparison of the serial position effect in very mild Alzheimer's disease, mild Alzheimer's disease and amnesia associated with electoconvulsive therapy. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 6:2000;290-298.
7. Bäckman L., Small B.J. Influence of cognitive support on episodic remembering: tracing the process of loss from normal aging to Alzheimer's disease. Psychology and Aging. 13:1998;267-276.
8. Bemelmans K.J., Goekoop J.G., van Kempen G.M.J. Recall performance in acutely depressed patients and plasma cortisol. Biological Psychiatry. 39:1996;750-752.
9. Benton A.L., Hamsher K.D. Multilingual Aphasia Examination Manual. Revised edition :1976;University of Iowa, Iowa City.
10. Bigler E.D., Rosa L., Schultz F., Hall S., Harris J. Rey-Auditory Verbal Learning and Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Design performance in Alzheimer's disease and closed head injury. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 45:1989;277-280.
11. Carlesimo G.A., Sabbadini M., Fadda L., Caltagirone C. Different components in word-list forgetting of pure amnesics, degenerative demented, and healthy subjects. Cortex. 31:1995;735-745.
12. Copeland M.P., Daly E., Hines V., Mastromauro C., Zaitchik D., Gunther J., Albert M. Psychiatric symptomatology and prodromal Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 17A:2003;1-8.
13. Delis D.C., Kaplan E., Kramer J.H., Ober B.A. California Verbal Learning Test-II. 2nd ed :2000;The Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, TX.
14. Delis D.C., Kramer J.H., Kaplan E., Ober B.A. California Verbal Learning Test: Adult Version. 1987;The Psychological Corporation, New York.
15. Delis D.C., Massman P.J., Butters N., Salmon D.P., Cermak L.S., Kramer J.H. Profiles of demented and amnesic patients on the California Verbal Learning Test: implications for the assessment of memory disorders. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology. 3:(1):1991;19-26.
16. Elliott R., Sahakian B.J., McKay A.P., Herrod J.J., Robbins T.W., Paykel E.S. Neuropsychological impairments in unipolar depression: the influence of perceived failure on subsequent performance. Psychological Medicine. 26:1996;975-989.
17. Folstein M.F., Folstein S.E., McHugh P.R. Mini-Mental State: a practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research. 12:1975;189-198.
18. Gainotti G., Marra C. Some aspects of memory disorders clearly distinguish dementia of the Alzheimer's type from depressive pseudo-dementia. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 16:1994;65-78.
19. Gainotti G., Marra C., Villa G., Parlato V., Chiarotti F. Sensitivity and specificity of some neuropsychological markers of Alzheimer's dementia. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 12:1998;152-162.
20. Geffen G., Bate A., Wright M., Rozenbilds U., Geffen L. A comparison of cognitive impairments in dementia of the Alzheimer type and depression in the elderly. Dementia. 4:1993;294-300.
21. Gibson A. A further analysis of memory loss in dementia and depression in the elderly. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 20:1981;179-185.
22. Hill C.D., Stoudemire A.L., Morris R., Martino-Saltzman D., Markwalter H.R. Similarities and differences in memory deficits in patients with primary dementia and depression-related cognitive dysfunction. Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 5:1993;277-282.
23. Kopelman M.D. Rates of forgetting in Alzheimer-type dementia and Korsakoff's syndrome. Neuropsychologia. 23:1985;623-638.
24. Landro J.I., Stiles T.C., Sletvold H. Neuropsychological function in nonpsychotic unipolar major depression. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology and Behavioral Neurology. 14:2001;233-240.
25. Lezak M.D. Neuropsychological Assessment. 3rd ed :1995;Oxford University Press, New York.
26. Massman P.J., Delis D.C., Butters N., Dupont R.M., Gillin J.C. The subcortical dysfunction hypothesis of memory deficits in depression: neuropsychological validation in a subgroup of patients. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 14:1992;687-706.
27. Mattis S. Dementia Rating Scale: Professional Manual. 1988;Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc, Odessa, FL.
28. McKhann G., Drachman D., Folstein M.F., Katzman R., Price D., Stadlan E.M. Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: report of the NINCDS-ADRDA work group, Department of Health and Human Services Task Force on Alzheimer's Disease. Neurology. 34:1984;939-944.
29. Mitrushina M., Satz P., Chervinsky A., D'Elia L. Performance of four age groups of normal elderly on the Rey Auditory-Verbal Learning Test. Journal of Clinical Psychology. 47:1991;351-357.
30. Monsch A.U., Bondi M., Butters N., Salmon D.P., Katzman R., Thal L.J. Comparisons of verbal fluency tasks in the detection of dementia of the Alzheimer type. Archives of Neurology. 49:1992;1253-1258.
31. Monsch A.U., Foldi N.S., Ermini-Fünfschilling D., Berres M., Stähelin H.B., Spiegel R. Improving the diagnostic accuracy of the Mini-Mental State Examination. Acta Neurologica Scandinavica. 92:1995;145-150.
32. Murdock B.B. Jr. Serial position effect of free recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology. 64:1962;482-488.
33. Nebes R.D., Butters M.A., Houck P.R., Zmuda M.D., Aizenstein H., Pollock B.G., Mulsant B.H., Reynolds C.F. Dual-task performance in depressed geriatric patients. Psychoanalytic Inquiry. 102:2001;139-151.
34. Nebes R.D., Butters M.A., Mulsant B.H., Pollock B.G., Zmuda M.D., Houck P.R., Reynolds C.F. Decreased working memory and processing speed mediate cognitive impairment in geriatric depression. Psychological Medicine. 30:2000;679-691.
35. Newcombe F. Missile Wounds of the Brain. 1969;Oxford University Press, New York.
36. Petersen R.C., Smith G., Kokmen E., Irving R.J., Tangalos E.G. Memory functioning in normal aging. Neurology. 42:1992;396-401.
37. Raaijmakers J.G.W., Shiffrin R.M. Search of associative memory. Psychological Review. 88:1981;93-134.
38. Rey A. Memorisation d'une serie de 15 mots en 5 répé titions. Rey A. L'Examen Clinique en Psychologie. 1958;26-42 Presses Universitaires de France, Paris.
39. Salmon D., Thomas R.G., Pay M.M., Booth A., Hofstetter C.R., Thal J.L., Katzman R. Alzheimer's disease can be accurately diagnosed in very mildly impaired individuals. Neurology. 59:2002;1022-1028.
40. Tan L., Ward G. A recency-based account of the primacy effect in free recall. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory and Cognition. 26:2000;1589-1625.
41. Vitaliano P.P., Breen A.R., Albert M.S., Russo J., Prinz P.N. Memory, attention and functional status in community-residing Alzheimer type dementia patients and optimally healthy aged individuals. Journal of Gerontology. 39:1984;58-64.
42. Wechsler D. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. 3rd edn :1997;The Psychological Corporation, San Antonio, TX.
43. Weingartner H. Automatic and effort-demanding cognitive processes in depression. Poon L.W. Clinical Memory Assessment of Older Adults. 1986;218-225 American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
44. Weingartner H., Cohen R.M., Murphy D.L., Martello J., Gerdt C. Cognitive processes in depression. Archives of General Psychiatry. 38:1981;42-47.
45. Wright R.E. Adult age similarities in free recall output order and strategies. Journal of Gerontology. 37:1982;76-79.
46. Zubenko G.S., Zubenko W.N., McPherson S., Spoor E., Marin D.B., Farlow M.R., Smith G.E., Geda Y.E., Cummings J.L., Petersen R.C., Sunderland T. A collaborative study of the emergence and clinical features of the major depressive syndrome of Alzheimer's disease. American Journal of Psychiatry. 160:2003;857-866.