Characterisation of Deficits and Sex Differences in Verbal and Visual Memory/Learning in Bipolar Disorder

A Gogos; J Son; SL Rossell; J Karantonis; LS Furlong; K Felmingham; TE Van Rheenen

Journal article

Characterisation of Deficits and Sex Differences in Verbal and Visual Memory/Learning in Bipolar Disorder

A Gogos, J Son, SL Rossell, J Karantonis, LS Furlong, K Felmingham, TE Van Rheenen

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1017/S1355617721001442

Abstract

Objective: Cognitive impairment is consistently reported in bipolar disorder (BD), but few studies have characterised which memory component processes are affected. Further, it is unknown whether the component processes underlying memory impairment are moderated by sex. The present study examined diagnosis and sex differences in both verbal and visual memory/learning domains in patients with BD and psychiatrically healthy controls. Method: Verbal and visual memory/learning were measured using the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised (HVLT-R) and Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised (BVMT-R). 114 patients with BD (n = 50 males, n = 64 females), were compared to 105 psychiatrically healthy c..

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Funding Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (AG CDF ID1108098; TVR ECF 1088785; KLF programme grant 1073041, SLR SF 1154651), Swinburne University (JK postgraduate scholarship), Australian Rotary Health/Ian Parker Bipolar Research Fund/Brunslea Park Estate/University of Melbourne (LF postgraduate scholarship), Australian Rotary Health/Bipolar Expedition (project grant), Helen McPherson Smith Trust, Barbara Dicker Brain Sciences Foundation, University of Melbourne, Society of Mental Health Research, Rebecca L. Cooper Foundation, Jack Brockhoff Foundation, and the Henry Freeman Trust. The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health acknowledges the support from the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Grant.