TABLE 1.
Characteristics of participants.
| Mean | SD | |
| Age, years | 62 | 6 |
| Education, years | 15 | 2 |
| LQa | 94.3 | 9.3 |
| GDSb | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| Digit Span (max. 14) | ||
| Forward | 7.6 | 2.4 |
| Backward | 6.1 | 1.9 |
| Vocabulary test (max. 37)c | 33.2 | 2.1 |
| Semantic fluency, N (in 60s) | 25.3 | 5.6 |
| Boston Naming Test, N (max.15) | 14.7 | 0.5 |
| Mini-Mental State (max. 30) | 29.4 | 0.9 |
| Word list learning, N | ||
| Total (max. 30) | 23.3 | 3.0 |
| Trial 1 (max. 10) | 6.2 | 1.5 |
| Trial 2 (max. 10) | 8.1 | 1.3 |
| Trial 3 (max. 10) | 9.1 | 0.9 |
| Word list retrieval, N (max. 10) | 8.3 | 1.2 |
| Word list intrusions, N | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Figure copying, N (max. 11) | 11 | 0.0 |
| Figure retrieval, N (max. 11) | 10.7 | 0.8 |
| Phonemic fluency, N (in 60s) | 16.1 | 4.1 |
| Trail making test, s | ||
| Part A | 38.9 | 10.7 |
| Part B | 79.0 | 20.2 |
aLQ, laterality quotient (Oldfield, 1971). bGDS, Geriatric Depression Scale (Yesavage et al., 1982). cLehrl (2005).