Age-related impairment of the prospective memory
- VernacularTitle:老年人前瞻性记忆损害的研究
- Author:
Huai-Dong CHENG
;
Kai WANG
;
Yu MENG
;
Sheng-Chun JIN
;
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Prospective studies;
Memory;
Aged;
Neuropsychological tests
- From:
Chinese Journal of Neurology
2005;0(09):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To study the prospective memory and the severity of the impairment of event- based prospective memory(EBPM)and time-based prospective memory(TBPM)in normally aging adults. Methods We set a neuropsychological battery to measure the education-matched 40 adults and 40 normally aging adults who were given EBPM and TBPM tasks.Results Compared with the young controls(EBPM, 6.25?1.60;TBPM,5.38?0.87),both EBPM(2.50?0.85)and TBPM(4.93?1.07)in the elderly had been impaired,especially EBPM(t = 13.117,P
