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dc.contributor.authorPike, Kerryn E
dc.contributor.authorKinsella, Glynda J
dc.contributor.authorOng, Ben
dc.contributor.authorMullaly, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorRand, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorStorey, Elsdon
dc.contributor.authorAmes, David
dc.contributor.authorSaling, Michael
dc.contributor.authorClare, Linda
dc.contributor.authorParsons, Samuel
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-12T01:30:44Z
dc.date.available2022-04-12T01:30:44Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.issn1385-4046en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13854046.2013.809149en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/413867
dc.description.abstractPaired associate learning tasks are reportedly particularly sensitive to preclinical Alzheimers disease. We aimed to determine the effectiveness of the recently updated Wechsler Memory Scale verbal paired associates (VPA) in distinguishing the earliest stages of memory impairment (amnestic mild cognitive impairment, aMCI), and the clinical application at the case level, compared with other episodic memory tasks. Participants were 77 people with aMCI and 77 matched healthy older adults (HOA). VPA performance distinguished aMCI from HOA at the group level with large effect sizes, of similar size to the other tasks at immediate recall, but smaller than the CVLT-II list-learning task at delayed recall. Similarly, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis demonstrated good discrimination, similar to other tasks, but again with CVLT-II more accurate at delayed recall. Although group differences remained for normative data, on a case basis using existing normative data the VPA failed to identify 70% of aMCI as impaired. The findings suggest further examination of the normative data is required before the VPA is useful in clinical practice, and highlight the importance of comprehensive neuropsychological assessment in detecting mild memory changes in older adults. © 2013 Taylor & Francis.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge: Taylor & Francis Groupen_US
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom908en_US
dc.relation.ispartofpageto923en_US
dc.relation.ispartofissue6en_US
dc.relation.ispartofjournalThe Clinical Neuropsychologisten_US
dc.relation.ispartofvolume27en_US
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technologyen_US
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicineen_US
dc.subject.keywordsPsychology, Clinicalen_US
dc.subject.keywordsClinical Neurologyen_US
dc.titleIs the WMS-IV Verbal Paired Associates as Effective as Other Memory Tasks in Discriminating Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment from Normal Aging?en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationPike, KE; Kinsella, GJ; Ong, B; Mullaly, E; Rand, E; Storey, E; Ames, D; Saling, M; Clare, L; Parsons, S, Is the WMS-IV Verbal Paired Associates as Effective as Other Memory Tasks in Discriminating Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment from Normal Aging?, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 2013, 27 (6), pp. 908-923en_US
dc.date.updated2022-04-11T06:39:20Z
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