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Normal mere exposure effect with impaired recognition in Alzheimer’s disease.

Adam, A and Willems, S and Van der Linden, M (2002) Normal mere exposure effect with impaired recognition in Alzheimer’s disease. [Journal (Paginated)]

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Abstract

We investigated the mere exposure effect and the explicit memory in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients and elderly control subjects, using unfamiliar faces. During the exposure phase, the subjects estimated the age of briefly flashed faces. The mere exposure effect was examined by presenting pairs of faces (old and new) and asking participants to select the face they liked. The participants were then presented with a forced-choice explicit recognition task. Controls subjects exhibited above-chance preference and recognition scores for old faces. The AD patients also showed the mere exposure effect but no explicit recognition. These results suggest that the processes involved in the mere exposure effect are preserved in AD patients despite their impaired explicit recognition. The results are discussed in terms of Seamon et al.’s proposal (1995) that processes involved in the mere exposure effect are equivalent to those subserving perceptual priming. These processes would depend on extrastriate areas which are relatively preserved in AD patients.

Item Type:Journal (Paginated)
Keywords:Alzheimer's disease, memory, priming, face perception
Subjects:Neuroscience > Neuropsychology
ID Code:3716
Deposited By: willems, research fellow s
Deposited On:13 Jul 2004
Last Modified:11 Mar 2011 08:55

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