Table 2.
Recall rates of the second element of the pair with and without sentence context.
| Groups | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 mild AD | 18 healthy older adults | |||||||||
| Variables | Without sentence | With sentence | Without sentence | With sentence | Means | |||||
| Means | SD | Means | SD | Means | SD | Means | SD | Means | SD | |
| Word/word | 5.50 | 2.56 | 8.11∗ | 2.85 | 9.30 | 2.39 | 12.66∗ | 1.63 | 8.89 | 2.35 |
| Word/picture | 8.94∗ | 2.61 | 11.00∗ | 3.19 | 11.72∗ | 2.49 | 14.44∗ | 1.09 | 11.52 | 2.34 |
| Means | 7.22 | 2.58 | 9.55 | 3.02 | 10.51 | 2.44 | 13.55 | 1.36 | ||
ANOVA 2 × 2 × 2 was performed; variables encoding type word-word, word-picture, and the presence or absence of sentence context. ∗The significance level was set at p < .05. A significant main effect in word-picture compared with word-word, and in sentences compared to the null sentence context condition, in both groups was found.