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TitleNegative Prospective Memory in Alzheimer's Disease: "Do Not Perform That Action".
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2018
AuthorsHaj, MEl, Coello, Y, Kapogiannis, D, Gallouj, K, Antoine, P
JournalJ Alzheimers Dis
Volume61
Issue2
Pagination663-672
Date Published2018
ISSN1875-8908
KeywordsAged, Alzheimer Disease, Case-Control Studies, Female, Humans, Inhibition (Psychology), Male, Memory Disorders, Memory, Episodic, Mental Recall, Neuropsychological Tests
Abstract

Relatively to "standard" prospective memory, i.e., remembering to perform a future action, little is known about negative prospective memory, i.e., remembering not to perform a future action. This study investigated the latter ability in Alzheimer's disease (AD). AD participants and healthy older adults were asked to click on the keyboard or not to click on it when a cue word was encountered. Results showed more omissions (i.e., forgetting to click the keyboard when the instruction was to do so) in AD participants than in healthy older adults, suggesting a prospective memory deficit. Interestingly, more commissions (i.e., clicking the keyboard when the instruction was not to do so) were also observed in AD participants than in healthy older adults. Similar levels of commissions and omissions were observed in AD participants and in healthy older adults. Also, commissions and omissions were correlated with performance on an inhibition assessment task. Our findings reveal that AD is characterized by not only difficulty in the retrieval of recent information, but also difficulty to inhibit no-longer appropriate stimulus-response associations previously learned, suggesting a specific deficit of negative prospective memory in AD.

DOI10.3233/JAD-170807
Alternate JournalJ. Alzheimers Dis.
PubMed ID29226877
PubMed Central IDPMC5925753
Grant ListZ99 AG999999 / / NULL / International
ZIA AG000975-08 / / NULL / International
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