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Gender Differences in Verbal and Visuospatial Working Memory Tasks in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease
BACKGROUND/AIMS: To date, there are few studies on gender differences in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease (AD). In the present study, the existence of differences between sexes in verbal and visuospatial working memory tasks in the evolution of cognitive and pathol...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5425757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28553312 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000466689 |
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author | Elosúa, M. Rosa Ciudad, María José Contreras, María José |
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description | BACKGROUND/AIMS: To date, there are few studies on gender differences in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease (AD). In the present study, the existence of differences between sexes in verbal and visuospatial working memory tasks in the evolution of cognitive and pathological aging was examined. METHOD: Ninety participants took part in this study: 30 AD, 30 MCI, and 30 healthy elderly participants (50% men and 50% women). RESULTS: There were no significant differences between men and women with AD in visuospatial tasks, whereas these differences were found within the MCI group, with the average of men achieving significantly higher results than women. In verbal tasks, there were no differences between sexes for any of the groups. CONCLUSION: Execution in visuospatial tasks tends to depend on gender, whereas this does not occur for verbal tasks. |
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spelling | pubmed-54257572017-05-26 Gender Differences in Verbal and Visuospatial Working Memory Tasks in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease Elosúa, M. Rosa Ciudad, María José Contreras, María José Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra Original Research Article BACKGROUND/AIMS: To date, there are few studies on gender differences in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and Alzheimer disease (AD). In the present study, the existence of differences between sexes in verbal and visuospatial working memory tasks in the evolution of cognitive and pathological aging was examined. METHOD: Ninety participants took part in this study: 30 AD, 30 MCI, and 30 healthy elderly participants (50% men and 50% women). RESULTS: There were no significant differences between men and women with AD in visuospatial tasks, whereas these differences were found within the MCI group, with the average of men achieving significantly higher results than women. In verbal tasks, there were no differences between sexes for any of the groups. CONCLUSION: Execution in visuospatial tasks tends to depend on gender, whereas this does not occur for verbal tasks. S. Karger AG 2017-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5425757/ /pubmed/28553312 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000466689 Text en Copyright © 2017 by S. Karger AG, Basel http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND) (http://www.karger.com/Services/OpenAccessLicense). Usage and distribution for commercial purposes as well as any distribution of modified material requires written permission. |
spellingShingle | Original Research Article Elosúa, M. Rosa Ciudad, María José Contreras, María José Gender Differences in Verbal and Visuospatial Working Memory Tasks in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease |
title | Gender Differences in Verbal and Visuospatial Working Memory Tasks in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease |
title_full | Gender Differences in Verbal and Visuospatial Working Memory Tasks in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease |
title_fullStr | Gender Differences in Verbal and Visuospatial Working Memory Tasks in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease |
title_full_unstemmed | Gender Differences in Verbal and Visuospatial Working Memory Tasks in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease |
title_short | Gender Differences in Verbal and Visuospatial Working Memory Tasks in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease |
title_sort | gender differences in verbal and visuospatial working memory tasks in patients with mild cognitive impairment and alzheimer disease |
topic | Original Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5425757/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28553312 http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000466689 |
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