Psychology Department, Azad University of Sciences & Researches Branch-Iran
Online published on 24 July, 2012.
Alzheimer disease is duly taken into consideration in several spheres of researches. Nevertheless, it is fully or partially overlooked in adult Down syndrome, specifically within the framework gender distinction. It is worth noting that both Down syndrome and Alzheimer disease can affect mental functions from different aspects. Thus, it is speculated that the adults with Down syndrome and Alzheimer disease should manifest more severe malfunction in cognitive processing defined as verbal skill by the researcher. Two groups of adults with syndrome Down are selected, which are equally categorized in terms of gender distinction. The obtained results indicate that means of both genders are significantly different from each other. In other words, the adults (with Down syndrome) without Alzheimer disease are significantly better than those with Alzheimer disease in verbal skills. Besides, males in the adults with and without Alzheimer disease are significantly better than females.
Down syndrome, Alzheimer disease, Gender distinction, Verbal skill