想象自己跳华尔兹：想象对阿尔茨海默病患者记忆的影响。

Imagine Yourself Dancing Waltz: The Effect of Imagination on Memory in Alzheimer's Disease.

机构信息

Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire (LPPL - EA 4638), Nantes Université, Univ Angers, F-44000, Nantes, France.

Clinical Gerontology Department, CHU Nantes, Bd Jacques Monod, F44093, Nantes, France.

出版信息

Curr Alzheimer Res. 2023;20(2):98-108. doi: 10.2174/1567205020666230523155845.

DOI:10.2174/1567205020666230523155845

PMID:37231761

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Self-imagination refers to a mnemonic strategy of imagining oneself at a scene related to a cue.

OBJECTIVE

We tested the effect of self-imagination on memory recall in Alzheimer's disease (AD) Methods: Individuals with AD and healthy controls were invited to perform two conditions. In the control (i.e., semantic elaboration) condition, participants were asked to define to which semantic category (e.g., dance) words (e.g., waltz) belong. However, in a self-imagining condition, participants were asked to imagine themselves in a scene related to the stimuli (e.g., dancing waltz). Both conditions were followed by two free memory tests with two different intervals (20 seconds vs. 20 minutes).

RESULTS

Analysis showed a beneficial effect of self-imagination for the 20-second but not for the 20- minute recall in AD participants and controls.

CONCLUSION

Clinicians can incorporate our findings when assessing, especially when trying to rehabilitate, episodic memory in AD.

摘要

背景

自我想象是一种记忆策略，即想象自己处于与提示相关的场景中。

目的

我们测试了自我想象对阿尔茨海默病（AD）患者记忆回忆的影响。

方法

邀请 AD 患者和健康对照组进行两种条件的实验。在对照组（即语义加工）条件下，要求参与者定义单词（如华尔兹）属于哪个语义类别（如舞蹈）。然而，在自我想象条件下，参与者被要求想象自己处于与刺激相关的场景中（如跳华尔兹）。两种条件后都进行两次自由回忆测试，两次测试之间有两个不同的间隔（20 秒和 20 分钟）。