Spaced-retrieval effects on name-face recognition in older adults with probable Alzheimer's disease.
Six older adults with probable Alzheimer's 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 target's 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.
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 70803-5501, USA.
Karri S
KS
Hawley
Katie E
KE
Cherry
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009275:Names; D021641:Recognition, Psychology