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ARCHIVES OF CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 340-348Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acr032
Keywords
Alzheimer's disease; Attention; Elderly/geriatrics/aging; Mild cognitive impairment
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- Alzheimer's Society [AS-90-2007]
- Medical Research Council [G0700704B] Funding Source: researchfish
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Although several studies have shown that dual-tasking ability is impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD), the stage at which this deficit manifests remains unclear. This study investigated if a new paper-and-pencil assessment of dual-tasking ability could distinguish between AD, mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and normal ageing in a sample of 50 people with AD, 49 people with MCI, and 50 healthy age-matched controls. The AD group demonstrated a significant impairment in dual-task ability. There was no effect of either MCI or healthy ageing on dual-task performance, indicating that the dual-task impairment is specific to AD.
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