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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ryan, Joseph J.
• Glass, Laura A.
• Bartels, Jared M.
• Bergner, CariAnn M.
• Paolo, Anthony M.

Titel

Predicting Neuropsychological Test Performance on the Basis of Temporal Orientation

Ist Teil von

• Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 2009-05, Vol.16 (3), p.330-337

Ort / Verlag

Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis Group

Erscheinungsjahr

2009

Quelle

Taylor & Francis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Temporal orientation is often disrupted in the context of psychiatric or neurological disease; tests assessing this function are included in most mental status examinations. The present study examined the relationship between scores on the Temporal Orientation Scale (TOS) and performance on a battery of tests that assess memory, language, and cognitive functioning in a sample of patients with Alzheimer's disease (N = 55). Pearson-product moment correlations showed that, in all but two instances, the TOS was significantly correlated with each neuropsychological measure, p values ≤ .05. Also, severely disoriented (i.e., TOS score ≤ −8) patients were consistently 'impaired' on memory tests but not on tests of language and general cognitive functioning.