Abstract
Incidental and intentional memory performance in depression and amnestic mild cognitive impairment
Highlights
RESULTSIntentional memory refers to those situations where individuals are instructed to Table 1
The findings revealed that the patients with Alzheimer Disease (AD) had a significantly lower performance in incidental memory as compared to the patients with depression
The diagnosis of amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) was made according to the Petersen & Morris, (2005) criteria while the diagnosis of depression was made according to the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS; Yesavage et al, 1983) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9; Kroenke, et al, 2001)
Summary
Intentional memory refers to those situations where individuals are instructed to Table 1. Mann-Whitney test for Patients with aMCI & depression in Incidental and memorize presented material. It is considered an effortful procedure that engages Intentional memory performance (in percentage) attentional and executive resources and is believed to be an efficient way of memorizing new information (Vingerhoets, 2005; Karrasch et al, 2010). The encoding of information can be achieved incidentally, without
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