Relevance of the serial position effect in the differential diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer-type dementia, and normal ageing

Serial position effects are observed when a person memorises a series of words exceeding his or her attention span. Cognitively normal individuals recall words at the beginning and end of the list more frequently than those in the middle, which reflects the way that short- and long-term episodic mem...

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Main Authors: M.E. Martín, Y. Sasson, L. Crivelli, E. Roldán Gerschovich, J.A. Campos, M.L. Calcagno, R. Leiguarda, L. Sabe, R.F. Allegri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier España 2013-05-01
Series:Neurología (English Edition)
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2173580813000631