Gender-related differences in visuospatial memory persist in Alzheimer's disease

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 783-789

  Millet, Xavier ^a,b   Raoux, Nadine ^a   Le Carret, Nicolas ^a   Bouisson, Jean ^b   Dartigues, Jean Franois ^a,c   Amieva, Hélne ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Gender effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MATTIS DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 72949093540     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp086     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Agniel, A., Joanette, Y., Doyon, B., & Duchein, C. (1992). Protocole d'évaluation des gnosies visuelles Montréal-Toulouse. Isbergues: L'OrthoEdition.
2. Cherrier, M. M., Matsumoto, A. M., Amory, J. K., Asthana, S., Bremner, W., Peskind, E. R., et al. (2005). Testosterone improves spatial memory in men with Alzheimer disease and mild cognitive impairment. Neurology, 64, 2063-2068.
3. Collins, D. W., & Kimura, D. (1997). A large sex difference on a two-dimensional mental rotation task. Behavioral Neuroscience, 111, 845-849.
4. Cornoldi, C., & Vecchi, T. (2003). Visuo-spatial working memory and individual differences. Hove: Psychology Press.
5. Corsi, P. M. (1972). Human memory and the medial temporal region of the brain. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, McGill University, Montreal.
6. De Frias, C., Nilsson, L. G., & Herlitz, A. (2006). Sex differences in cognition are stable over a 10-year period in adulthood and old age. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 13, 574-587.
7. Della Sala, S., Gray, C., Baddeley, A., Allamano, N., & Wilson, L. (1999). Pattern span: A tool for unwelding visuo-spatial memory. Neuropsychologia, 37, 1189-1199.
8. Edinger, K. L., & Frye, C. A. (2004). Testosterone's analgesic, anxiolytic, and cognitive-enhancing effects may be due in part to actions of its 5alpha-reduced metabolites in the hippocampus. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118, 1352-1364.
9. Folstein, M., Folstein, S., & McHugh, P. (1975). Mini-Mental State. A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 12, 189-198.
10. Frye, C. A., Park, D., Tanaka, M., Rosellini, R., & Svare, B. (2001). The testosterone metabolite and neurosteroid 3a-androstanediol may mediate the effects of testosterone on conditioned place preference. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 26, 731-750. (Pubitemid 32738997)
11. Gaestel, Y., Amieva, H., Letenneur, L., Dartigues, J. F., & Fabrigoule, C. (2006). Cube drawing performances in normal ageing and Alzheimer's disease: Data from the PAQUID elderly population-based cohort. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 21, 22-32.
12. Geiser, C., Lehmann,W., Corth, M., & Eid, M. (2008). Quantitative and qualitative change in children's mental rotation performance. Learning and Individual Differences, 18, 419-429.
13. Gray, P. B., Singh, A. B., Woodhouse, L. J., Storer, T. W., Casaburi, R., Dzekov, J., et al. (2005). Dose-dependent effects of testosterone on sexual function, mood, and visuospatial cognition in older men. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 90, 3838-3846.
14. Grossi, D., Becker, J. T., Smith, C., & Trojano, L. (1993). Memory for visuospatial patterns in Alzheimer's disease. Psychological Medicine, 23, 65-70.
15. Heil, M., & Jansen-Osmann, P. (2008). Sex differences in mental rotation with polygons of different complexity: Do men utilize holistic processes whereas women prefer piecemeal ones? Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 61, 683-689.
16. Janowsky, J. S., Oviatt, S. K., & Orwoll, E. S. (1994). Testosterone influences spatial cognition in older men. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108, 325-332.
17. Kurylo, D. D., Allan, W. C., Collins, T. E., & Baron, J. (2003). Perceptual organization based upon spatial relationships in Alzheimer's disease. Behavioral Neurology, 14, 19-28.
18. Letenneur, L., Gilleron, V., Commenges, D., Helmer, C., Orgogozo, J. M., & Dartigues, J. F. (1999). Are sex and educational level independent predictors of dementia and Alzheimer's disease? Incidence data from the PAQUID project. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry, 66, 177-183.
19. Linn, M. C., & Petersen, A. C. (1985). Emergence and characterization of sex differences in spatial ability: A meta-analysis. Child Development, 56, 1479-1498.
20. Logie, R. H. (1995). Visuospatial working memory. Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
21. Maccoby, E. E., & Jacklin, C. N. (1974). The psychology of sex differences. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
22. Maguire, E. A., Gadian, D. G., Johnsrude, I. S., Good, C. D., Ashburner, J., Frackowiak, R. S., et al. (2000). Navigation-related structural change in the hippocampi of taxi drivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97, 4398-4403.
23. Mattis, S. (1988). Dementia rating scale: Professional manual. Odessa: Psychological Assessment Resources.
24. McKhann, G., Drachman, D., Folstein, M., Katzmann, R., Price, D., & Stadlan, E. M. (1984). Clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease: Report of the NINCDS-ADRDA Work Group under the auspices of Department of Health and Human Services Task Force on Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 34, 939-944.
25. Moffat, S. D., Zonderman, A. B., Metter, E. J., Blackman, M. R., Harman, S. M., & Resnick, S. M. (2002). Longitudinal assessment of serum free testosterone concentration predicts memory performance and cognitive status in elderly men. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 87, 5001-5007.
26. Scarmeas, N., Levy, G., Tang, M. X., Manly, J., & Stern, Y. (2001). Influence of leisure activity on the incidence of Alzheimer's disease. Neurology, 57, 2236-2242.
27. Schöning, S., Engelien, A., Kugel, H., Schäfer, S., Schiffbauer, H., Zwitserlood, P., et al. (2007). Functional anatomy of visuo-spatial working memory during mental rotation is influenced by sex, menstrual cycle, and sex steroid hormones. Neuropsychologia, 45, 3203-3214.
28. Stern, Y. (2006). Cognitive reserve and Alzheimer disease. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 20, S69-S74. (Pubitemid 44265854)
29. Stern, Y., Gurland, B., Tatemichi, T. K., Tang, M. X., Wilder, D., & Mayeux, R. (1994). Influence of education and occupation on the incidence of Alzheimer's disease. Journal of the American Medical Association, 271, 1004-1010.
30. Thomsen, T., Hugdahl, K., Ersland, L., Barndon, R., Lundervold, A., Smievoll, A. I., et al. (2000). Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study of sex differences in a mental rotation task. Medical Science Monitor, 6, 1186-1196.
31. Vandierendonck, A., Kemps, E., Fastame, M. C., & Szmalec, A. (2004).Working memory components of the Corsi blocks task. British Journal of Psychology, 95, 57-79.
32. Van Goozen, S. H., Cohen-Kettenis, P. T., Gooren, L. J., Frijda, N. H., & Van de Poll, N. E. (1994). Activating effects of androgens on cognitive performance: Causal evidence in a group of female-to-male transsexuals. Neuropsychologia, 32, 1153-1157.
33. Vecchi, T., & Cornoldi, C. (1999). Passive storage and active manipulation in visuo-spatial working memory: Further evidence from the study of age differences. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 11, 391-406.
34. Vecchi, T., & Girelli, L. (1998a). Gender differences in visuo-spatial processing: The importance of distinguishing between passive storage and active manipulation. Acta Psychologica, 99, 1-16.
35. Vecchi, T., Monticellai, M. L., & Cornoldi, C. (1995). Visuo-spatial working memory: Structures and variables affecting a capacity measure. Neuropsychologia, 33, 1549-1564.
36. Vecchi, T., Richardson, J. T. E., & Cavallini, E. (2005). Passive storage versus active processing in working memory: Evidence from age-related variations in performance. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 17, 521-539.
37. Vecchi, T., Saveriano, V., & Paciaroni, L. (1998b). Storage and processing working memory functions in Alzheimer-type dementia. Behavioral Neurology, 11, 227-231.
38. Voyer, D., Voyer, S., & Bryden, M. P. (1995). Magnitude of sex differences in spatial abilities: A meta-analyses and consideration of critical variables. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 250-270.
39. Weiss, E. M., Kemmler, G., Deisenhammer, E. A., Fleischhacker, W. W., & Delazer, M. (2003a). Sex differences in cognitive functions. Personality and Individual Differences, 35, 863-875.
40. Weiss, E. M., Siedentopf, C. M., Hofer, A., Deisenhammer, E. A., Hoptman,M. J., Kremser, C., et al. (2003b). Sex differences in brain activation pattern during a visuospatial cognitive task: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study in healthy volunteers. Neuroscience Letters, 344, 169-172. (Pubitemid 36694670)