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Priming for new associations in normal aging and in mild dementia of the Alzheimer type
Ergis, Anne-Marie; Van der Linden, Martial; Deweer, Bernard
1998In Cortex: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior, 34 (3), p. 357-374
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Keywords :
Normal aging; Alzheimer’s dementia; Priming
Abstract :
[en] Recent data suggest that patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are able to showperceptual priming and, to some extent, conceptual priming for material which has pre-existing representations in memory, and that normal elderly subjects are able toautomatically activate pre-existing representations in both perceptual and conceptual primingtasks. An important question concerns the capacity of showing priming for materials withoutpre-existing representations in memory in normal and pathological aging. In order to addressthis issue, 20 patients with mild AD, 20 elderly controls and 20 young controls subjectswere assessed with a paradigm of priming for new verbal associations. Neither the patientsnor the normal elderly subjects demonstrated priming effects for new associations, whileyoung subjects showed significant priming effects. These results suggest that the absence ofpriming for new verbal associations is attributable more to an effect of aging than to aspecific effect of Alzheimer’s disease.
Disciplines :
Neurosciences & behavior
Author, co-author :
Ergis, Anne-Marie;  Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - INSERM
Van der Linden, Martial ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Psychopathologie cognitive
Deweer, Bernard;  Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale - INSERM
Language :
English
Title :
Priming for new associations in normal aging and in mild dementia of the Alzheimer type
Publication date :
1998
Journal title :
Cortex: A Journal Devoted to the Study of the Nervous System and Behavior
ISSN :
0010-9452
eISSN :
1973-8102
Publisher :
Masson Publishing, France
Volume :
34
Issue :
3
Pages :
357-374
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
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