title: Predicting response of older adults to mnemonic training: who will benefit?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify profiles of subjects who respond to mnemonic training for serial word and proper name recall.
  
  
  METHODS
  Analysis of J. O. Brooks et al.'s (1999) mnemonic training data using Quality Receiver Operating Characteristic (QROC) and longitudinal regression analyses (LRA).
  
  
  METHODS
  Community.
  
  
  METHODS
  224 community-dwelling adults 55 years of age and older who wished to improve their memory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Performance on serial word and proper name tests; performance on cognitive ability tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Although the QROC and LRA identified several common predictors (baseline performance, mental rotation ability, and paired associate learning), the QROC identified additional predictors and cognitive ability profiles associated with successful response.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Similar degrees of response to mnemonic training are associated with heterogeneous cognitive profiles. This finding highlights the fact that participants rely on a variety of abilities to derive benefit from mnemonic training and thus suggests different avenues from which to approach this training.
authors.affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: McKitrick
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Friedman
authors.forename: J O
authors.initials: JO
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pearman
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Yesavage
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001245:Association Learning; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged