Emotional Working Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease
Joint Authors
Mammarella, Nicola
Fairfield, Beth
Source
International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-02-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
A number of recent studies have reported that working memory does not seem to show typical age-related deficits in healthy older adults when emotional information is involved.
Differently, studies about the short-term ability to encode and actively manipulate emotional information in dementia of Alzheimer’s type are few and have yielded mixed results.
Here, we review behavioural and neuroimaging evidence that points to a complex interaction between emotion modulation and working memory in Alzheimer’s.
In fact, depending on the function involved, patients may or may not show an emotional benefit in their working memory performance.
In addition, this benefit is not always clearly biased (e.g., towards negative or positive information).
We interpret this complex pattern of results as a consequence of the interaction between multiple factors including the severity of Alzheimer’s disease, the nature of affective stimuli, and type of working memory task.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mammarella, Nicola& Fairfield, Beth. 2014. Emotional Working Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease. International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454584
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mammarella, Nicola& Fairfield, Beth. Emotional Working Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease. International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454584
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mammarella, Nicola& Fairfield, Beth. Emotional Working Memory and Alzheimer’s Disease. International Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-454584
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-454584