Lucette A J Cysique, Paul Maruff, Bruce J Brew
The neuropsychological profile of symptomatic AIDS and ADC patients in the pre-HAART era: a meta-analysis
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS
language complaints especially complex tasks may occur mild cognitive impairment mci various language measures studied cognitive predictors mci conversion alzheimers type dementia understanding textual inferences considered highdemanding task recruits multiple cognitive functions therefore could sensitive detect decline early stages mci thus aimed compare performance subjects mci healthy elderly textual inference comprehension task determine best predictors performance ability considering one verbal episodic memory two semantic tasks studied 99 individuals divided three groups 1 23 individuals amnestic mild cognitive impairment amci 2 42 individuals nonamnestic mild cognitive impairment namci 3 4 34 cognitively healthy individuals control group cg reduced version implicit management test used assess different types inferential reasoning text reading mci patients performed poorer healthy elderly differences mci subgroups amnestic nonamnestic best predictors inferencemaking verbal memory amci semantic tasks namci group results confirmed failure understand textual inferences present mci showed different cognitive skills like semantic knowledge verbal episodic memory necessary inferencemaking