Word and Picture Version of the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT): Is There Any Difference?

Article type: Short Communication

Authors: Arighi, Andrea^{a; *} | Carandini, Tiziana^a | Mercurio, Matteo^a | Carpani, Giovanni^a | Pietroboni, Anna Margherita^a | Fumagalli, Giorgio^{a; b} | Ghezzi, Laura^a | Basilico, Paola^a | Calvi, Alberto^a | Scarioni, Marta^a | De Riz, Milena^a | Fenoglio, Chiara^a | Scola, Elisa^c | Triulzi, Fabio^c | Galimberti, Daniela^a | Scarpini, Elio^a

Affiliations: [a] Neurodegenerative Disease Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Centro Dino Ferrari, University of Milan, Fondazione Ca’ Granda IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy | [b] Department of Neurosciences, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health (NEUROFARBA), University of Florence, Florence, Italy | [c] Neuroradiology Unit, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Fondazione Ca’ Granda IRCSS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

Correspondence: [*] Correspondence to: Andrea Arighi, MD, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, Neurodegenerative disease Unit, Centro Dino Ferrari, University of Milan, Fondazione Ca’ Granda IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, via Francesco Sforza 28, 20122, Milan, Italy. E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: The Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) is the most commonly used neuropsychological test to evaluate episodic memory. Two variants of FCSRT exist, using the recall of words (FCSRT-w) or pictures (FCSRT-p). Fourteen patients with mild cognitive impairment underwent neuropsychological evaluation and brain magnetic resonance. We found differences in FCSRT-w and FCSRT-p variants scores. FCSRT-p was correlated with atrophy in areas involved in visual stimuli processing while FCSRT-w was correlated to hippocampal atrophy. Our study suggests that FCSRT-w and FCSRT-p scores are not equivalent, but a larger cohort of patients is needed to validate these results.

Keywords: Atrophy, dementia, magnetic resonance imaging, memory, neuropsychology

DOI: 10.3233/JAD-170712

Journal: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, vol. 61, no. 1, pp. 47-52, 2018