Visual versus Verbal Working Memory in Statistically Determined Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment: On behalf of the Consortium for Clinical and Epidemiological Neuropsychological Data Analysis (CENDA).
Sheina EmraniVictor WassermanEmily MatuszDavid MillerMelissa LamarCatherine C PriceTerrie Beth GinsbergRhoda AuRod SwensonDavid J LibonPublished in: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS (2019)
Worse WMS-IV Symbol Span performance was observed in patient groups with measurable neuropsychological impairment and better WMS-IV Symbol Span performance was associated with higher HO ratios. These results suggest that visual WM may be particularly sensitive to emergent illness compared to analogous verbal WM tests.