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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 September 2017

Lewis Killin ,
Sharon Abrahams ,
Mario A. Parra  and
Sergio Della Sala
Lewis Killin*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Sharon Abrahams
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
Mario A. Parra
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK School of Social Sciences, Psychology, University Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh, UK Autonomous University of the Caribbean, Barranquilla, Colombia
Sergio Della Sala
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Human Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Lewis Killin, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 7 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK. Phone: +44 131 537 3129. Email: lewiskillin@nhs.net
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Alzheimer's diseasecognitive assessmentclinical assessmentagingmemory
Type
Research Article
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 30 , Issue 3: Issue Theme: Psychosocial Interventions for Dementia , March 2018 , pp. 331 - 340
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Copyright © International Psychogeriatric Association 2017 

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