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Similar deficits occur with ageing and it is unclear whether the greater deficits in late-life depression are an ageing-related phenomenon or due to a difference in the nature of late-life depression itself. We hypothesized that ageing alone would not fully explain the increased neurocognitive impairment in late-life depression but that differences in the illness explain the greater decrements in memory and executive function.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291708004042_sec_a002\"><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Comparison of the neuropsychological performance of younger (&lt;60 years) and older (\u2a7e60 years) adults with major depressive disorder (MDD) and healthy comparison subjects. Scores for each depression group were normalized against their respective age-matched control group and the primary comparisons were on four neurocognitive domains: (i) attention and executive function; (ii) verbal learning and memory; (iii) visuospatial learning and memory; and (iv) motor speed.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0033291708004042_sec_a003\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>We recruited 75 subjects with MDD [&lt;60 years (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=44), \u2a7e60 years (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=31)] and 82 psychiatrically healthy comparison subjects [&lt;60 years (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=42), \u2a7e60 years (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>=40)]. The late-life depression group had greater impairment in verbal learning and memory and motor speed but not in executive function. 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