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P3‐316: Time series analysis of music therapy on communication, well‐being and emotional expression in mid‐ to late‐stage dementia (practice‐based research project ‘Klangbrücken’)
Author(s) -
Schall Arthur,
Haberstroh Julia,
AuchJohannes Inga,
Weymann Eckhard,
Knopf Monika,
Pantel Johannes
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2012.05.1540
Subject(s) - dementia , music therapy , psychology , emotional expression , intervention (counseling) , expression (computer science) , clinical psychology , situational ethics , cognition , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , medicine , social psychology , psychiatry , disease , computer science , programming language
than for sung stimuli. Conclusions: We interpret these results in terms of a dual-process model of recognition memory such that the general content questions represent a familiarity-based representation that is preferentially sensitive to enhancement via music, while the specific content questions represent a recollection-based representation unaided by musical encoding. We propose that the perceptual distinctiveness of musical stimuli enhanced metamemorial awareness in AD patients via a non-selective distinctiveness heuristic, thereby reducing false recognitionwhile at the same time reducing true recognition and eliminating the mnemonic benefit of music. These results will be discussed in the context of potential music-based memory enhancement interventions for the care of patients with AD.