Subject-performed tasks improve associative learning in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 493-501

  Karantzoulis, Stella ^a   Rich, Jill B ^a,b   Mangels, Jennifer A ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Associative learning; Memory; Mild cognitive impairment; Semantic interference; Subject performed tests

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEMANTICS; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 33746087205     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617706060632     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Amieva, H., Rouch-Leroyer, I., Fabrigoule, C., & Dartigues, J.F. (2000). Deterioration of controlled processes in the preclinical phase of dementia: A confirmatory analysis. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 11, 46-52.
2. Bäckman, L. & Nilsson, L.G. (1984). Aging effects in free recall: An exception to the rule. Human Learning, 4, 53-69.
3. Bäckman, L. & Nilsson, L.G. (1985). Prerequisites for lack of age differences in memory performance. Experimental Aging Research, 11, 67-73.
4. Braak, H., Braak, E., & Bohl, J. (1993). Staging of Alzheimer-related cortical destruction. European Neurology, 33, 403-408.
5. Brandt, J., Spencer, M., & Folstein, M. (1988). The Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status. Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology, 1, 111-117.
6. Cohen, R.L. (1981). On the generality of some memory laws. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 22, 267-282.
7. Cohen, R.L. & Stewart, M. (1982). How to avoid developmental effects in free recall. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 23, 9-16.
8. Collie, A. & Maruff, P. (2000). The neuropsychology of preclinical Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Neuroscience and Biobehavioural Reviews, 24, 365-374.
9. Collie, A., Myers, C., Schnirman, G., Wood, S., & Maruff, P. (2002). Selectively impaired associative learning in older people with cognitive decline. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 14, 484-492.
10. Comalli, P.E., Wapner, S., & Werner, H. (1962). Interference effects of Stroop colour-word test in childhood, adulthood, and aging. Journal of General Psychology, 100, 47-53.
11. Crook, III, T.H. & Larrabee, G.J. (1992). A self-rating scale for evaluating memory in everyday life. Psychology and Aging, 5, 48-57.
12. Daprati, E., Nico, D., Saimpont, A., Franck, N., & Sirigu, A. (2005). Memory and action: An experimental study on normal subjects and schizophrenic patients. Neuropsychologia, 43, 281-293.
13. Engelkamp, J. & Zimmer, H. (1984). Motor program information as a separable memory unit. Psychological Research, 46, 283-299.
14. Engelkamp, J. & Zimmer, H. (1985). Motor programs and their relation to semantic memory. German Journal of Psychology, 9, 239-254.
15. Engelkamp, J. & Zimmer, H.D. (2002). Free recall and organization as a function of varying relational encoding in action memory. Psychological Research, 66, 91-98.
16. Fowler, K.S., Sailing, M.M., Conway, E.L., Semple, J.M., & Louis, W.J. (1997). Computerized neuropsychological tests in the early detection of dementia: Prospective findings. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 3, 139-146.
17. Hasslemo, M.E. & Wyble, B.P. (1997). Free recall and recognition in a network model of the hippocampus. Behavioral Brain Research, 89, 1-34.
18. Herlitz, A., Adolfsson, R., Bäckman, L., & Nilsson, L.G. (1991). Cue utilization following different forms of encoding in mildly, moderately, and severely demented patients with Alzheimer's disease. Brain and Cognition, 15, 119-130.
19. Ivnik, R.J., Malec, J.F., Tangalos, E.G., Petersen, R.C., Kokmen, E., & Kurland, L.T. (1992). Mayo's older Americans normative studies: WMS-R norms for ages 56 to 94. The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 6, 49-82.
20. Jack, C.R., Petersen, R.C., Xu, Y.C., O'Brien, P.C., Smith, G.E., Ivnik, R.J., Boeve, B.F., Waring, S.C., Tangalos, E.G., & Kokmen, E. (1999). Prediction of Alzheimer's disease with MRI-based hippocampal volume in mild cognitive impairment. Neurology, 52, 1397-1403.
21. Karlsson, T., Bäckman, L., Herlitz, A., Nilsson, L., Winblad, W., & Osterlind, P. (1989). Memory improvement at different stages of Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia, 27, 737-742.
22. Knopf, M. (1991). Having shaved a kiwi fruit: Memory of unfamiliar subject-performed actions. Psychological Research, 53, 203-211.
23. Kormi-Nouri, R. (1995). The nature of memory for action events: An episodic integration view. European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 7, 337-363.
24. Lekeu, F., Van der Linden, M., Moonen, G., & Salmon, E. (2002). Exploring the effect of action familiarity on SPTs recall performance in Alzheimer's disease. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 24, 1057-1069.
25. Linn, R.T., Wolf, P.A., Bachman, D.L., Knopfel, J.E., Cobb, J.L., Belanger, A.J., Kaplan, E.F., & D'Agostino, R.B. (1995). The "preclinical phase" of probable Alzheimer's disease: A 13-year prospective study of the Framingham cohort. Archives of Neurology, 52, 485-490.
26. Lowenstein, D.A., Acevedo, A., Luis, C., Crum, T., Barker, W.W., & Duara, R. (2004). Semantic interference deficits and the detection of mild Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment without dementia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 10, 91-100.
27. Lucas, J.A., Ivnik, R.J., Smith, G.E., Bohac, D.L., Tangalos, E.G., Kokmen, E., Graff-Radford, N.R., & Petersen, R.C. (1998). Normative data for the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 20, 536-547.
28. Mangels, J.A. & Heinberg, A. (2006). Improved episodic integration-through enactment: Implications for aging. Journal of General Psychology, 133, 37-65.
29. Mattis, S. (1988). Dementia Rating Scale manual. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.
30. Melo, B., Winocur, G., & Moscovitch, M. (1999). False recall and false recognition: An examination of the effects of selective and combined lesions to the medial temporal lobe/diencephalon and frontal lobe structures. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 16, 343-359.
31. Mimamura, M., Komatsu, S., Kato, M., Yashimasu, H., Wakamatsu, N., & Kashima, H. (1998). Memory for subject-performed tasks in patients with Korsakoff's syndrome. Cortex, 34, 297-303.
32. Mohr, G., Engelkamp, J., & Zimmer, H.D. (1989). Recall and recognition of self-performed acts. Psychological Research, 51, 181-187.
33. Nilsson, L.G., Nyberg, L., Kormi-Nouri, R., & Rönnlund, M. (1995). Dissociative effects of elaboration on memory and non-enacted events: A case of a negative effect. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 36, 225-231.
34. Nyberg, L., Nilsson, L.G., & Bäckman, L. (1992). Recall of actions, sentences and nouns: Influence of adult age and passage of time. Acta Psychologica, 79, 1-10.
35. Peinado-Manzano, M.A. (1994). Amygdala, hippocampus, and associative memory in rats. Behavioural Brain Research, 18, 175-190.
36. Petersen, R.C., Smith, G.E., Waring, S.C., Ivnik, R.J., Tangalos, E.G., & Kokmen, E. (1999). Mild cognitive impairment: Clinical characterization and outcome. Archives of Neurology, 56, 303-308.
37. Petersen, R.C., Doody, R., Kurz, A., Mohs, R.C., Morris, J.C., Rabins, P.V., Ritchie, K., Rossor, M., Thal, L., & Winblad, B. (2001). Current concepts in mild cognitive impairment. Archives of Neurology, 58, 1985-1992.
38. Schacter, D.L. (1996). Illusory memories: A cognitive neuroscience analysis. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 93, 13,527-13,533.
39. Swainson, R., Hodges, J.R., Galton, C.J, Semple, J., Michael, A., Dunn, B.D., Iddon, J.L., Robbins, T.W., & Sahakian, B.J. (2001). Early detection and differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and depression with neuropsychological tests. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders, 12, 265-280.
40. Wechsler, D. (1987). Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised. New York: Psychological Corporation.
41. Wechsler, D. (1997). Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III. New York: Psychological Corporation.
42. Zigmond, A.S. & Snaith, R.P. (1983). The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 67, 361-370.