Open AccessThe Effectiveness of Item-Specific Encoding and Conservative Responding to Reduce False Memories in Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia
Author(s) -
Christopher Malone,
Katherine W Turk,
Rocco Palumbo,
Andrew E. Budson
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the international neuropsychological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1469-7661
pISSN - 1355-6177
DOI - 10.1017/s1355617720000715
Subject(s) - dementia , recall , episodic memory , memory impairment , psychology , cognition , encoding (memory) , neuropsychology , disease , medicine , psychiatry , cognitive psychology
Patients with mild Alzheimer's disease dementia are more susceptible to false memories than healthy older adults. Evidence that these patients can use cognitive strategies to reduce false memory is inconsistent.