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Affective Discrimination in Moderately to Severely Demented Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 November 2010

Robert S. Sainsbury  and
Marjorie Coristine
Robert S. Sainsbury
Affiliation:
The University of Calgary
Marjorie Coristine
Affiliation:
The University of Calgary
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Abstract

Fifteen subjects with moderate or severe dementia failed to recognize pictures of close relatives. When given a simple preference test which involved choosing the picture they liked from a matrix of four pictures they most frequently chose the picture of their relative. This suggests that while recognition memory may be impaired affective memory appears to remain intact.

Résumé

Quinze malades présentant une démence modérée ou grave se sont montrés incapables de reconnaitre les photos de leurs proches parents. Cependant, mis en présence de quatre photos et interrogés sur leur préférence, ils ont le plus souvent choisi la photo d'un parent. Ce résultat permet de croire que méime si la mémoire de reconnaissance est atteinte, la memoire affective semble étre demeurée intacte.

Keywords

recognitionfamilymemory
Type
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Information
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement , Volume 5 , Issue 2 , Summer/L'été 1986 , pp. 99 - 104
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association on Gerontology 1986

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