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Brain Imaging Investigation of the Neural Correlates of Emotional Autobiographical Recollection

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Autobiographical memory task in assessing dementia.

Denise Maue Dreyfus¹, Catherine M Roe, John C Morris

¹Alzheimer Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA.

Archives of Neurology

|July 14, 2010

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The autobiographical memory task is a valuable tool for assessing dementia, showing a stronger correlation with clinical dementia ratings than other common memory tests.

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Area of Science:

Neurology
Gerontology
Cognitive Psychology

Background:

Clinicians have utilized an autobiographical memory task in dementia assessments since 1979.
This task evaluates recent weekly and monthly memory recall within semistructured interviews.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the correlation between an autobiographical memory task and two other brief memory assessments.
To compare these correlations with the results of a clinical dementia assessment.

Main Methods:

A correlation study was conducted with 425 participants aged 60 and older.
Data were collected from participants in Alzheimer Disease Research Center studies between 2002 and 2005.
Nonparametric Spearman rank correlations, adjusted for age and education, were used to analyze the data.

Main Results:

All memory tasks, including the autobiographical memory task, showed significant correlations with the Clinical Dementia Rating sum of boxes (CDR-SB).
The autobiographical memory task demonstrated a significantly higher correlation with CDR-SB scores compared to the other two memory tasks (P < .001).

Conclusions:

The autobiographical memory task serves as a significant indicator of memory function in dementia evaluations.
The autobiographical query component of this task is a useful tool for clinicians assessing dementia.