Kristina M Gicas, Katie Benitah, Allen E Thornton, Anna M Petersson, Paul W Jones, Jacob L Stubbs, Andrea A Jones, William J Panenka, Donna J Lang, Olga Leonova, Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Alasdair M Barr, Tari Buchanan, Wayne Su, Alexandra T Vertinsky, Alexander Rauscher, G William MacEwan, William G Honer
Background: Homeless and precariously housed persons exhibit significant memory impairment, but the component processes underlying memory dysfunction have not been explored. We examined the serial position profile (i.e., primacy and recency effects) of verbal memory and its neuroanatomical correlates to identify the nature of memory difficulties in a large cohort of homeless and precariously housed adults. Method: The sample included 227 community-dwelling homeless and precariously housed adults. Serial position scores (primacy, middle, recency) were computed using the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised...
February 15, 2023: Clinical Neuropsychologist