Mormont, E., Jamart, J., Robaye, L.

Background: The five-word test (FWT) uses semantic clues to optimize the encoding and retrieval of 5 items. Our objective was to assess the validity of the FWT as a measure of episodic memory when compared with the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT), and its ability to distinguish participants with any dementia and especially […]

Miles, Amanda N., Fischer-Mogensen, Lise, Nielsen, Nadia H., Hermansen, Stine, Berntsen, Dorthe

The current study examined the effects of cuing autobiographical memory retrieval in 12 older participants with dementia through immersion into a historically authentic environment that recreated the material and cultural context of the participants’ youth. Participants conversed in either an everyday setting (control condition) or a museum setting furnished in early twentieth century style (experimental […]

Lancioni, Giulio E., Perilli, Viviana, O’Reilly, Mark F., Singh, Nirbhay N., Sigafoos, Jeff, Bosco, Andrea, Caffò, Alessandro O., Picucci, Luciana, Cassano, Germana, Groeneweg, Jop

The present study (a) extended the assessment of an orientation program involving auditory cues (i.e., verbal messages automatically presented from the destinations) with five patients with Alzheimer’s disease, (b) compared the effects of this program with those of a program with light cues (i.e., a program in which strobe lights were used instead of the […]

Haslam, Catherine, Moss, Zoë, Hodder, Kathryn

A growing trend in memory rehabilitation is to combine learning principles to enhance treatment effects. While this makes intuitive sense, little is known about the added value of incorporating each method. A further complication is that some interventions, although primarily based on one learning principle, actually incorporate several, which again adds to the difficulty in […]

Carcaillon, Laure, Amieva, Hélène, Auriacombe, Sophie, Helmer, Catherine, Dartigues, Jean-François

Background/aims: Episodic memory impairment is known to be the core of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) dementia syndrome and one of the earliest domains to decline. However, episodic memory tests are long and expensive.; Methods: In a sample of the French Three-City Study (n = 1,516), we aimed at validating a subtest of the Mini-Mental State Examination […]