TRANSIENT IMPROVEMENT OF MEMORY IN SENILE DEMENTIA FOLLOWING MNEMONIC TRAINING | Zendy

Koch Carol | Zendy; Luszcz Mary A. | Zendy; Overstreet David H. | Zendy; Henschke Philip J. | Zendy

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TRANSIENT IMPROVEMENT OF MEMORY IN SENILE DEMENTIA FOLLOWING MNEMONIC TRAINING

Author(s) -

Koch Carol,

Luszcz Mary A.,

Overstreet David H.,

Henschke Philip J.

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

australian journal on ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.63

H-Index - 34

eISSN - 1741-6612

pISSN - 0726-4240

DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-6612.1984.tb00928.x

Subject(s) - mnemonic , psychology , dementia , chunking (psychology) , memory impairment , levodopa , short term memory , audiology , cognition , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , medicine , working memory , parkinson's disease , disease

The effect of Levodopa administration and mnemonic strategy training in the treatment of memory deficits associated with denile dementia of the Alzheimer type was investigated in a short‐term longitudinal study. Levodopa administration exerted no significant effect upon memory functioning whereas training in the chunking of information and in visual association led to a significant, but temporary, improvement in memory functioning. Training raised performance of demented subjects to about 58% of that of non‐demented controls, compared to the 38% observed at baseline. No significant interactions between the drug and training manipulation were indicated.

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