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Focal prospective memory and mind-wandering in amnesic mild cognitive impairment: Testing the Spontaneous Retrieval Deficit Hypothesis| old_uid | 12318 |
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| title | Focal prospective memory and mind-wandering in amnesic mild cognitive impairment: Testing the Spontaneous Retrieval Deficit Hypothesis |
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| start_date | 2016/10/24 |
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| schedule | 16h |
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| online | no |
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| details | Host: Sam Gilbert |
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| summary | Despite intensive research on early cognitive markers of Alzheimer’s disease, there is little agreement about which particular memory processes or tasks successfully discriminate healthy older adults from those who are at increased risk of developing the disease (e.g., individuals with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment). In this talk, I will propose a new hypothesis of spontaneous retrieval deficits in amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI). According to this hypothesis, people with aMCI are disproportionately impaired on conscious memory tasks that rely on easy, automatic retrieval processes (e.g., focal event-based prospective memory tasks, mind-wandering, involuntary autobiographical memories) than more effortful strategic processes. Possible brain mechanisms underlying this hypothesis will be outlined and two behavioural studies on prospective memory (Exp. 1) and mind-wandering (Exp. 2), supporting the hypothesis, will be described. Implications of results for clinical practice will be discussed. |
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| responsibles | Lawrence |
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