Open AccessBeneficial effect of minimal interference on item memory but not on source memory in Alzheimer's disease
Author(s) -
Dimitrios Kapogiannis,
Mohamad El Haj
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
current alzheimer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1875-5828
pISSN - 1567-2050
DOI - 10.2174/1567205015666180711105242
Subject(s) - interference theory , recall , interference (communication) , psychology , context (archaeology) , memory impairment , context dependent memory , audiology , neuropsychology , free recall , cognitive psychology , cognition , medicine , neuroscience , working memory , computer science , telecommunications , channel (broadcasting) , paleontology , biology
Research suggests beneficial effects of minimal interference on item memory in mild Alzheimer's disease (AD). We conducted a study to test whether these beneficial effects extend to source memory, i.e., the ability to remember the episodic context in which an information was previously acquired.