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| Severity of cognitive impairment in Alzheimer's disease affects list learning using the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT) | | Author(s) | Lauren Fox, Jason T Olin, Joel Erblich |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 13, no 8, August 1998 |
| Pages | pp 544-549 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Learning capacity ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Impairment in list learning is considered a primary symptom of Alzheimer's disease (AD), yet there are no published reports examining the relationship between list learning and severity of cognitive impairment. This US study administered 9-item and 16-item versions of the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT), a standardised shopping list assessment of memory, to 24 AD patients. The results suggest that list learning and recall appear to be lost relatively early in AD. Measures of list recall like the CVLT may not be useful in tracking severity of cognitive impairment over time. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981013405 A |
| Classmark | EA: DB: DE: 4C: 7T |
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