Retention weighted recall improves discrimination of Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 436-440

  Buschke, Herman ^a,b   Sliwinski, Martin J ^a,b,c   Kuslansky, Gail ^a,b   Katz, Mindy ^a   Verghese, Joe ^a   Lipton, Richard B ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b New York State Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Dementia; Memory; Primacy; Recency; Serial Position

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECALL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33745676306     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561770606053X     Document Type: Article

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