TY - JOUR
T1 - Smell your memories : positive effect of odor exposure on recent and remote autobiographical memories in Alzheimer's disease
AU - Glachet, Ophelie
AU - Moustafa, Ahmed A.
AU - Gallouj, Karim
AU - El Haj, Mohamad
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Introduction: There is a burgeoning interest in the effects of odor exposure on autobiographical memory in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We pursued this line of research by assessing the effect of odor exposure on the retrieval of recent and remote memories in AD. Method: Twenty-six patients with mild AD and 28 controls were tested in two conditions: with and without odor exposure. In each condition, participants were invited to retrieve two childhood memories, two adulthood memories, and two recent memories. Results: Analysis showed that AD patients produced a higher number of and more specific childhood memories, adulthood memories, and recent memories after odor exposure than without odor. Discussion: These findings demonstrate how odor exposure may alleviate anterograde and retrograde amnesia, at least when considering the ability of patients with mild AD to retrieve few recent or remote memories.
AB - Introduction: There is a burgeoning interest in the effects of odor exposure on autobiographical memory in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We pursued this line of research by assessing the effect of odor exposure on the retrieval of recent and remote memories in AD. Method: Twenty-six patients with mild AD and 28 controls were tested in two conditions: with and without odor exposure. In each condition, participants were invited to retrieve two childhood memories, two adulthood memories, and two recent memories. Results: Analysis showed that AD patients produced a higher number of and more specific childhood memories, adulthood memories, and recent memories after odor exposure than without odor. Discussion: These findings demonstrate how odor exposure may alleviate anterograde and retrograde amnesia, at least when considering the ability of patients with mild AD to retrieve few recent or remote memories.
KW - Alzheimer’s disease
KW - amnesia
KW - autobiographical memory
KW - odors
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:51572
U2 - 10.1080/13803395.2019.1586840
DO - 10.1080/13803395.2019.1586840
M3 - Article
SN - 1380-3395
VL - 41
SP - 555
EP - 564
JO - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
JF - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
IS - 6
ER -