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Implications for technological reserve development in advancing age, cognitive impairment, and dementia
Jared F Benge1, Michael K Scullin2
1Department of Neurology and Plummer Movement Disorders Center, Baylor Scott and White Health, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Temple, TX76508Jared.Benge@BSWHealth.org.
The Behavioral and Brain Sciences
|August 11, 2020
Summary
Assistive technology can help individuals with Alzheimer's disease, challenging the idea that cognitive impairment prevents technology use. Social and cultural factors enable technology adoption as cognitive aids.
Area of Science:
- Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Assistive Technology
- Technological Culture
Background:
- Alzheimer's disease presents significant challenges, increasing the need for supportive interventions.
- Emerging technological culture offers new avenues for managing cognitive decline.
- Existing hypotheses on technology use in cognitive impairment present conflicting viewpoints.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the intersection of technological culture and assistive technology for Alzheimer's disease.
- To evaluate the technical-reasoning hypothesis versus the technological reserve hypothesis regarding technology adoption in cognitive impairment.
- To understand how social and cultural factors influence the use of technology as cognitive prosthetics.
Main Methods:
- Commentary synthesizing current research on technology adoption and Alzheimer's disease.
- Analysis of the technical-reasoning hypothesis, which posits cognitive limitations hinder technology use.
- Examination of the technological reserve hypothesis, emphasizing social-motivational and cultural factors.
Main Results:
- The technical-reasoning hypothesis suggests cognitive impairment may preclude technology use.
- The technological reserve hypothesis indicates social, motivational, and cultural factors can facilitate technology use.
- These factors can enable individuals with neurodegenerative illnesses to utilize technology as cognitive prosthetics.
Conclusions:
- Assistive technology holds promise for mitigating the burden of Alzheimer's disease.
- Cognitive ability alone may not be the sole determinant of technology adoption.
- Social and cultural contexts are crucial for enabling technology use in neurodegenerative conditions.
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