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: Received: 28 August 2023 / Approved: 28 August 2023 / Online: 29 August 2023 (14:19:15 CEST)
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Briscoe, F.; Kumar, S. Diminished Self Reference Effect in Memory for Individuals with Dementia. Preprints2023, 2023081991. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1991.v1
Briscoe, F.; Kumar, S. Diminished Self Reference Effect in Memory for Individuals with Dementia. Preprints 2023, 2023081991. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1991.v1
Briscoe, F.; Kumar, S. Diminished Self Reference Effect in Memory for Individuals with Dementia. Preprints2023, 2023081991. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1991.v1
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Briscoe, F., & Kumar, S. (2023). Diminished Self Reference Effect in Memory for Individuals with Dementia. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1991.v1
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Briscoe, F. and Sanjay Kumar. 2023 "Diminished Self Reference Effect in Memory for Individuals with Dementia" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202308.1991.v1
Abstract
Dementia is a public health priority, in which memory impairments are prevalent and affects an individual’s daily activities. Research has tried to find ways to support memory problems of individuals with dementia. Self reference effect (SRE) has been shown to benefit memory in healthy, non-dementia group. The study aimed to investigate if SRE will improve memory performance of individuals with dementia. We used ecologically valid Ownership Procedure and the Remember/Know Paradigm to examine the Self-Reference Effect (SRE) on memory. It was hypothesised that participants living with dementia will perform differently in the recall of items that were self-referentially encoded compared to items other-referentially encoded and that the memory will be different in control participants than in those that live with dementia. The research found that self-referential processes did not have effect on memory in individuals with dementia. We suggest that impaired self-awareness may have contributed to the lack of this effect. However, we had a small sample size and these findings should be treated with caution.
Keywords
Dementia; Memory; Cognition; Self
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Neuroscience and Neurology
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