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Decline in verbal memory performance with advancing age — the role of frontal lobe functioning
Author(s)	J D Simensky, N Abeles
Journal title	Aging & Mental Health, vol 6, no 3, August 2002
Pages	pp 293-303
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Memory and Reminiscence ; Learning capacity ; Memory disorders ; Living in the community ; United States of America.
Annotation	The relationship between measures of frontal lobe functioning (FLF) and verbal memory performance is examined in 88 healthy older people (aged 60-85) living in the community, recruited from senior citizen and church groups in the American Midwest. All were administered measures of FLF, attention, verbal memory, and depression. After controlling for the effects of attention and depression, FLF accounted for significant amounts of the variance in verbal memory scores. Age related to the FLF measure according to the level of organisation of verbal material to be recalled. Frontal lobe functioning and performance on an attention measure explained the greatest amount of variance in the recall of unorganised verbal material, whereas age and attention abilities were the best predictors of the recall of organised verbal material. The data indicate a central role of frontal dysfunction in understanding age-related memory loss. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020919216 A
Classmark	DB: DE: EH: K4: 7T
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