Evaluating Recall and Recognition Memory Using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Applicability for Alzheimers and Huntingtons Diseases

This study included 80 participants with HD, 64 participants with AD, and 183 community-dwelling control participants. Random-effects hierarchical logistic regressions were performed to assess the relative performance of the normal control (NC), participants with HD, and participants with AD on verbal free recall, cued recall, and multiple-choice recognition on the MoCA. The NC participants performed significantly better than participants with AD at all the 3 levels of assessment. No difference existed between participants with HD and NC for cued recall, but NC participants performed significantly better than participants with HD on free recall and recognition. The participants with HD performed significantly better than participants with AD at all the 3 levels of assessment. The MoCA appears to be a valuable, brief cognitive assessment capable of identifying specific memory deficits consistent with known differences in memory profiles.

Source: American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias - November 6, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Van Liew, C., Santoro, M. S., Goldstein, J., Gluhm, S., Gilbert, P. E., Corey-Bloom, J. Tags: Current Topics in Research Source Type: research