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Superior short-term memory in APOE ε2 carriers across the age range

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Highlights • The Apolipoprotein-E (APOE) ε2 allele is known to be protective against Alzheimer’s disease.• We tested the effect of this allele on cognitive performance, as measured by a sensitive… Click to show full abstract

Highlights • The Apolipoprotein-E (APOE) ε2 allele is known to be protective against Alzheimer’s disease.• We tested the effect of this allele on cognitive performance, as measured by a sensitive short-term memory task.• A large cohort of genotyped participants performed this task remotely.• ε2 carriers demonstrated superior memory performance in young, middle-aged, and older participants.

Keywords: term memory; memory apoe; short term; memory; superior short

Journal Title: Behavioural Brain Research
Year Published: 2021

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