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American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®
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Which Presidents Are Most Memorable?

Gayatri Devi*, Emiliya Zhivotovskaya, and Sarah Schultz

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gd{at}nymemory.org.


  Abstract

Background/rationale. Episodic memory loss is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD), with recall of recent events becoming progressively difficult. A commonly used tool, the recollection of US presidents, was assessed in evaluating episodic versus semantic memory loss among AD patients compared with spouse controls.

Methods. A total of 36 patients (12 men, 24 women) with possible or probable AD were asked to "give the names of 5 US presidents" and concurrently administered the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Twenty-three spouses (12 men, 11 women) were controls. The year 1980 demarcated "remote" versus "recent" presidents.

Results. Patients were older, had lower MMSE scores (P< .001), and recalled fewer presidents than controls (P< .005), after controlling for age. Among patients, men were more educated than women (P < .05) and recalled more presidents (P < .001). No gender differences were observed in controls.

Conclusions. Patients with AD preferentially recalled remote presidents, supporting retention of semantic memory in this group. There were no gender differences between groups.

First published on June 30, 2008
American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias® 2008, doi:10.1177/1533317508318832
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