TY - JOUR
T1 - Source Memory in Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease
AU - Goldman, William P.
AU - Winograd, Eugene
AU - Goldstein, Felicia C.
AU - O'Jile, Judy
N1 - Funding Information:
* This research was supported in part by a grant from the University Research Committee of Emory University and by National Institute on Aging Grant P30AG10130. The authors extend their appreciation to Steven Hersch, M.D., Ph.D. and Alexander Auchus, M.D. for their referral of patients. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Eugene Winograd, Department of Psychology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA. Accepted for publication: March 4, 1993.
PY - 1994/2/1
Y1 - 1994/2/1
N2 - This research examined whether source memory is preserved in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). in Experiment 1, AD patients and normal elderly controls recalled true facts (information acquired outside of the experimental setting) and made-up facts (information acquired in the experiment), and they determined the source of these memories. Relative to controls, AD patients recalled fewer facts, but when they remembered this information, they attributed their learning to the correct source. in Experiment 2, memory of made-up facts was equated between groups by incorporating a 1 - week recall delay for the controls. Again, AD patients accurately determined whether facts were learned inside or outside of the experiment. However, both groups performed at chance in terms of their memory for whether a made-up fact was read on a card or told by the examiner. The findings indicate relative preservation of source memory in the earliest stages of AD and are discussed in terms of methodological problems in testing source memory in impaired groups and in terms of frontal-lobe functioning.
AB - This research examined whether source memory is preserved in patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease (AD). in Experiment 1, AD patients and normal elderly controls recalled true facts (information acquired outside of the experimental setting) and made-up facts (information acquired in the experiment), and they determined the source of these memories. Relative to controls, AD patients recalled fewer facts, but when they remembered this information, they attributed their learning to the correct source. in Experiment 2, memory of made-up facts was equated between groups by incorporating a 1 - week recall delay for the controls. Again, AD patients accurately determined whether facts were learned inside or outside of the experiment. However, both groups performed at chance in terms of their memory for whether a made-up fact was read on a card or told by the examiner. The findings indicate relative preservation of source memory in the earliest stages of AD and are discussed in terms of methodological problems in testing source memory in impaired groups and in terms of frontal-lobe functioning.
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U2 - 10.1080/01688639408402621
DO - 10.1080/01688639408402621
M3 - Article
C2 - 8150881
AN - SCOPUS:0028044594
SN - 1380-3395
VL - 16
SP - 105
EP - 116
JO - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
JF - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
IS - 1
ER -