Memory for Emotional Pictures in Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia : Comparing Picture-Location Binding and Subsequent Recognition
Joint Authors
Huijbers, Marloes J.
Olde Rikkert, Marcel G. M.
Kessels, Roy P. C.
Bergmann, Heiko C.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-07-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Pharmacy, Health & Medical Sciences
Abstract EN
Emotional content typically facilitates subsequent memory, known as the emotional enhancement effect.
We investigated whether emotional content facilitates spatial and item memory in patients with Alzheimer's dementia (AD).
Twenty-three AD patients, twenty-three healthy elderly, and twenty-three young adults performed a picture relocation task and a delayed recognition task with positive, negative, and neutral stimuli.
AD patients showed a benefit in immediate spatial memory for positive pictures, while healthy young and older participants did not benefit from emotional content.
No emotional enhancement effects on delayed item recognition were seen.
We conclude that AD patients may have a memory bias for positive information in spatial memory.
Discrepancies between our findings and earlier studies are discussed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Huijbers, Marloes J.& Bergmann, Heiko C.& Olde Rikkert, Marcel G. M.& Kessels, Roy P. C.. 2011. Memory for Emotional Pictures in Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia : Comparing Picture-Location Binding and Subsequent Recognition. Journal of Aging Research،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Huijbers, Marloes J.…[et al.]. Memory for Emotional Pictures in Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia : Comparing Picture-Location Binding and Subsequent Recognition. Journal of Aging Research No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Huijbers, Marloes J.& Bergmann, Heiko C.& Olde Rikkert, Marcel G. M.& Kessels, Roy P. C.. Memory for Emotional Pictures in Patients with Alzheimer's Dementia : Comparing Picture-Location Binding and Subsequent Recognition. Journal of Aging Research. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469874
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-469874