Differential outcomes training ameliorates visual memory impairments in patients with Alzheimer's Disease: A pilot study
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/15488
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02671
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02671
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Carmona Lorente, Isabel María; Vivas Navarro, Ana Belén; Fernández Estévez, María De Los AngelesFecha
2019-01Resumen
It is well known that Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is associated with deficits in cognitive processes including visual memory impairments. One technique that might be used to ameliorate these impairments is the differential outcomes procedure (DOP) that involves associating each to-be-remembered stimulus with a specific outcome. Objective: Previous research has demonstrated that the DOP can be used to reduce or eliminate the learning and memory deficits associated with animal models of amnesia and dementia. Furthermore, this procedure has been shown to improve delayed facial recognition in healthy older adults as well as in patients diagnosed with AD. The main aim of the present study is twofold: to extend these findings to other types of visual stimulus and to investigate the effect of the DOP in memory retention in AD patients. Method: Ten patients diagnosed with AD and 10 healthy controls participated in this study. The experiment included two phases. ...
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Alzheimer’s disease
Cognitive training
Differential outcomes procedure
Long-term retention
Visual recognition memory