ERIC Number: EJ689792
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Publication Date: 2004-Mar
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Spaced-Retrieval Effects on Name-Face Recognition in Older Adults with Probable Alzheimer's Disease
Hawley, Karri S.; Cherry, Katie E.
Behavior Modification, v28 n2 p276-296 Mar 2004
Six older adults with probable Alzheimers disease (AD) were trained to recall a name-face association using the spaced-retrieval method. We administered six training sessions over a 2-week period. On each trial, participants selected a target photograph and stated the target name, from eight other photographs, at increasingly longer retention intervals. Results yielded a positive effect of spaced-retrieval training for name-face recognition. All participants were able to select the target photograph and state the targets name for longer periods of time within and across training sessions. A live-person transfer task was administered to determine whether the name-face association, trained by spaced-retrieval, would transfer to a live person. Half of the participants were able to call the live person by the correct name. These data provide initial evidence that spaced-retrieval training can aid older adults with probable AD in recall of a name-face association and in transfer of that association to an actual person.
Descriptors: Photography, Intervals, Alzheimers Disease, Older Adults, Recall (Psychology), Training, Visual Stimuli, Memory, Psychological Studies
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Language: English
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