Serial position effects scoring in the assessment of memory in Alzheimer's disease and major depression
Bemelmans, K.J.
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Serial position effects scoring in the assessment of memory in Alzheimer’s
disease and Major Depression
Karel Jozef Bemelmans
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ISBN : 978-90-9024100-5
Front cover : Painting by Mrs Maria Luft-Bemelmans B.F.A.
Printed by : UFB/GrafiMedia, Leiden
© 2009, K.J.Bemelmans, except the following chapters : Chapter 2 : Cambridge Journal Press
Chapter 3,5 : Elsevier
Chapter 4 : Francis & Taylor
Chapter 6 : Blackwell Munksgaard
No part of this thesis may be reproduced in any form by print, photocopy, digital file, internet or any other means without written permission of the copyright owner.
The studies described in this thesis were performed at the Division of Medical and Biological Research at Rivierduinen, location Oegstgeest.
Serial position effects scoring in the assessment of memory in Alzheimer’s
disease and Major Depression
Proefschrift
ter verkrijging van de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit van Leiden
op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr.dr. P.F. van der Heijden, volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties
te verdedigen op donderdag 2 april 2009 klokke 16:15 uur
door
Karel Jozef Bemelmans geboren te Kerkrade
in 1943
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Promotiecommissie
Promotores :Prof. Dr. H.A.M. Middelkoop Prof. Dr. R.A.C. Roos
Prof. Dr. G. Mulder † (State University of Groningen) Copromotor :
Dr. J. G. Goekoop Referent :
Prof. Dr. E.J.A. Scherder (Free University of Amsterdam) Overig lid :
Prof. Dr. F.G. Zitman
Contents
Chapter 1: General introduction page 7 Chapter 2: The contribution of list length to absence of the primacy
effect in word recall in dementia of the Alzheimer type page 33 Chapter 3: Recall performance in acutely depressed patients and
plasma cortisol page 43 Chapter 4: Evidence for two processes underlying the serial position
curve of single- and multi-trial free recall in a heterogeneous group
of psychiatric patients: A confirmatory factor analytic study page 53
Chapter 5: Recall performance plasma cortisol and plasma
norepinephrine in normal human subjects page 75 Chapter 6: Plasma cortisol and norepinephrine in Alzheimer’s
Disease. Opposite relations with recall performance and stage
of progression page 97 Chapter 7: Improvement scoring of the Rey Auditory Verbal
Learning Test page 117 Chapter 8: Summary and conclusions page 137 Nederlandse samenvatting page 155 Acknowledgements page 175 List of publications page 179 Curriculum Vitae page 181
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Voor mijn lieve vrouw.
