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  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Gerontology

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  • Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is characterized by amnesia and memory distortions.
  • False memories, or vivid recollections of non-experienced events, are common in AD patients.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize current knowledge on false memory in Alzheimer's Disease.
  • To establish a framework for understanding the taxonomy, phenomenology, and cognitive mechanisms of false memories in AD.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review synthesizing existing research on false memory in Alzheimer's Disease.
  • Analysis of cognitive mechanisms underlying false memory formation and retrieval errors.

Main Results:

  • Phenomenological characteristics (high emotion, vividness, familiarity) of memories contribute to misattributions in AD.
  • Generalized decline in cognitive control and inhibition impairs suppression of irrelevant information.
  • Binding deficits lead to source monitoring errors and increased false memories.

Conclusions:

  • False memories in AD arise from interactions between memory characteristics and retrieval failures.
  • Impaired cognitive control and binding mechanisms are key contributors to false memory formation in Alzheimer's Disease.