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ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2018

Enhancement of Visuospatial Working Memory by the Differential Outcomes Procedure in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's Disease.

Ana B Vivas, Antonia Ypsilanti, Aristea I Ladas, Foteini Kounti, Magda Tsolaki, Angeles F Estévez

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Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Ana B VivasDepartment of Psychology, CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Antonia YpsilantiDepartment of Psychology, Sociology and Politics, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom.
Aristea I LadasDepartment of Psychology, CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Foteini KountiGreek Association of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Magda TsolakiGreek Association of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Angeles F EstévezDepartamento de Psicología, Universidad de Almería, Almería, Spain.
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki · GRGreek Association of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders · GRSheffield Hallam University · GBUniversity of Almería · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In the present study we investigated the efficacy of the differential outcomes procedure (DOP) to improve visuospatial working memory in patients with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The DOP associates correct responses to the to-be-remember stimulus with unique outcomes. Eleven patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, 11 participants with MCI, and 17 healthy matched controls performed a spatial delayed memory task under the DOP and a control condition (non-differential outcomes -NOP-). We found that performance (terminal accuracy) was significantly better in the DOP condition relative to the NOP condition in all three groups of participants. AD patients performed worse, and took longer to benefit from the DOP. In line with previous animal and human research, we propose that the DOP activates brain structures and cognitive mechanisms that are less affected by healthy and pathological aging, optimizing in this way the function of the cognitive system.

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Alzheimer’s diseasecognitive interventiondifferential outcomes proceduremild cognitive impairmentspatial recognition memory

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