The cued recall test: Detection of memory impairment

Abstract

Memory decline is a characteristic of normal aging as well as an early symptom of dementia in Alzheimer's disease (DAD) in both individuals from the general population and in individuals with intellectual disability (ID). The determination of decline in individuals with ID is difficult because they have a compromised memory system even when young and healthy. The Cued Recall Test, a list-learning task that presents test items in a controlled learning paradigm, has both concurrent and predictive validity and is promising as a research and as a clinical diagnostic measure for the identification of memory impairment in adults with ID.