Immediate and delayed prose recall among normal and demented adults
S. Robinson-Whelen and M. Storandt
Department of Psychology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130-4899.
The Logical Memory subtest of the Wechsler Memory Scale (Form I) was
administered as part of a battery of tests to 64 subjects without dementia
and 51 with very mild dementia. The demented group's immediate and delayed
recall was significantly impaired relative to the control group. Immediate
and delayed scores were highly correlated in both groups. Hierarchical
multiple-regression analyses revealed that dementia classification did not
significantly predict delayed recall performance above and beyond immediate
recall performance. This suggests that, in its early stages, dementia
primarily affects the encoding of prose material.
