Memory for Emotional Pictures in Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia: Comparing Picture-Location Binding and Subsequent Recognition

Table 2

Mean number ± standard deviation (proportion ± standard deviation) of hits and false alarms for positive, negative, and neutral stimuli in the AD and control groups. Maximum per category = 12.

Measure	Valence	AD group (𝑛=23)	Older controls (𝑛=23)	Young controls (𝑛=23)
Hits	Positive	7.74±2.91 (.64±.24)	10.00±1.76 (.83±.15)	10.91±1.41 (.91±.12)
	Negative	6.48±3.26 (.54±.27)	9.61±2.61 (.80±.22)	10.83±1.19 (.90±.10)
	Neutral	8.57±2.86 (.71±.24)	9.91±2.23 (.83±.19)	10.74±1.05 (.89±.09)
False alarms	Positive	4.00±3.26 (.33±.27)	1.22±1.35 (.10±.11)	0.70±1.11 (.06±.09)
	Negative	3.70±2.84 (.31±.24)	1.17±1.59 (.10±.13)	0.48±.59 (.04±.05)
	Neutral	3.96±3.80 (.33±.32)	0.74±.86 (.06±.07)	1.00±1.21 (.08±.10)