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The Von Restorff effect in the Brazilian version of the Rey Auditory Verbal Lea...
Lima,Gabriel; Teldeschi,Alina; Oliveira,Natália; Bernardes,Camila; Drummond,Cláudia; Assunção,Naima; Bortolini,Tiago; Mattos,PauloABSTRACT. The Von Restorff (isolation) effect refers to a stimulus that is more likely to be remembered amongst other stimuli in memory tasks. It has been demonstrated with different age ranges and methodologies. Objective: To investigate: a) the presence of the isolation effect in elders tested with the new Brazilian Portuguese version of the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Task (RAVLT) in which a word with poten...
Awareness of memory deficits is useful to distinguish between depression and mi...
Coutinho,Gabriel; Drummond,Cláudia; Teldeschi,Alina; Mattos,PauloObjective: To investigate whether the level of awareness of memory deficits is useful for discriminating between major depressive disorder (MDD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in the elderly. Methods: Sixty-three consecutively referred patients (38 women and 25 men) with memory concerns comprising three groups (clinical control, MDD and MCI) underwent a memory test (Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test [RAVLT...