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Psychology 2012. Vol.3, No.6, 485-488 Published Online June 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/psych) /10.4236/psych.2012.36068 Boston Naming Test: Gender Differences in Older Adults with and without Alzheimer’s Dementia James R. Hall , Hoa T. Vo , Leigh A. Johnson , April Wiechmann , Sid E. O’Bryant 1,2 2 3 1 1,3 1 Institute of Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease Research, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, USA 2 Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral Health and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, USA Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, USA 3 Email: {james.hall, hoa.vo, leigh.johnson, April.Wiechmann, sid.obryant}@ Received April 5 , 2012; revised April 30 , 2012; accepted May 28 , 2012 th th th The study clarifies the relationship between gender and performance on the BNT by controlling for the effects of demographic and health risk factors. Participants were 468 outpatient individuals (153 diag- nosed with probable Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and 318 cognitively intact) enrolled in the Texas Alz- heimer’s Research and Care Consortium cohort. Participants under went evaluations including medical examination, interview, neuropsychological testing, and blood draw. The neuropsychological assessment consisted of the Wechsler Digit Span, Logical Memory, and Visual Reproduction, along with the Trail Making Test, Boston Naming Test (60-item version), verbal fluency (FAS), and the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30). To control for severity of cognitive impairment only mild AD as shown by a CDR global scor