Accelerated forgetting in subjects with memory complaints: A new form of Mild Cognitive Impairment?

A study was carriedout to investigate accelerated forgettingof new verbal and visualmaterial in participants complainingof memory loss, individualswith Mild Cognitive Impairment(MCI) and controls. All groupswere evaluated with a standardneuropsychological battery andtwo tests of delayed recall 6 wee...

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Published in:Journal of neurology 2008-07, Vol.255 (7), p.1067-1070
Main Authors: Manes, F., Serrano, C., Calcagno, M. L., Cardozo, J., Hodges, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Alzheimer's disease
Biological and medical sciences
Child clinical studies
Cognition Disorders - classification
Cognition Disorders - complications
Cognition Disorders - psychology
Cognitive ability
Complaints
Developmental disorders
Education
Female
Humans
Infantile autism
Male
Medical sciences
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Memory
Memory Disorders - etiology
Mental Recall
Middle Aged
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
Neuropsychology
Neuroradiology
Neurosciences
Original Communication
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Recall
Recognition (Psychology)
Time Factors
Variance analysis
Verbal Learning
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Summary:A study was carriedout to investigate accelerated forgettingof new verbal and visualmaterial in participants complainingof memory loss, individualswith Mild Cognitive Impairment(MCI) and controls. All groupswere evaluated with a standardneuropsychological battery andtwo tests of delayed recall 6 weeksapart for the experimental tasks.Individuals with memory complaints,but not MCI, performednormally compared to controls onimmediate and 30 minute recall,but showed a striking impairmentin verbal and visual memory after6 weeks. Accelerated forgetting maygo undetected on standard neuropsychologicalevaluation in somepatients complaining of memoryproblems.
ISSN:0340-5354
1432-1459
DOI:10.1007/s00415-008-0850-6