Research Article

Different Temporal Patterns of Specific and General Autobiographical Memories across the Lifespan in Alzheimer’s Disease

Table 3

Correlations in AD patients between the rates of specific autobiographical events or the rates of total memories on the MCT, and anterograde memory performances on the Verbal Paired Associates, over the lifespan and independently for each period of life (Bold and * indicate significant correlations with < 0.05, and ** with < 0.01).

Rates of responses on the MCT Total responses and verbal paired associates () Specific episodic events and verbal paired associates ()


Over the lifespan0.01*0.590.001**
 “0–9 years”0.180.340.17
  “10–29 years”0.110.400.006**
  “30–59 years”0.270.280.007**
  “after 60 years”0.04*0.490.003**
  “previous year”0.01*0.590.1