Source memory and recognition of emotional versus neutral pictures in patients with Alzheimer's Disease

Source memory and recognition of emotional versus neutral pictures in patients with Alzheimer's Disease - Emotional memory in patients with Alzheimer's Disease

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON32260

Enrollment

Registered

2008-08-07

Start date

2008-05-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-05-13

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Conditions

Alzheimer's dementia dementia

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Age

18 Years to 99 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Dutch speaking 2) Normal or corrected to normal vision 3) Competence of will For the patient group: 1) Diagnosis of probable Alzheimer's Disease (for more information see Research Protocol section 4, page 13). 2) Score between 18 and 25 on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) 3) MRI scan (already made) available For the control group: 1) Score > 27 on the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Other neurological complications, for example large cerebrovascular accident, traumatic brain injury, or Korsakoff's syndrome 2) (Past) psychiatric disorders, for example depression unrelated to Alzheimer's Disease, anxiety disorder, or schizophrenia 3) Current signs of depression (GDS-15 score >6)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Performance on the working memory task and the number of errors in the long term memory task.	—

Countries

Netherlands

Outcome results