title: Alzheimer's disease and implicit memory.
abstract: Specific neuropsychiatric disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) affect some forms of memory while leaving others relatively intact. In this review, we investigate particularities of the relationship between explicit and implicit memories in AD. It was found that implicit memory is preserved in AD, irrespective of the task used; in other words, there was not interference from explicit memory. In addition, it was verified that is possible through implicit memory compensatory strategies such as, activities of daily living (ADL) to compensate for the explicit memory deficits. In this sense, cognitive rehabilitation (CR) demonstrates reasonable results in the process of compensation of explicit memory deficits. Concluding, the decline in explicit memory suggests that both systems are functionally independent even if the other is compromised. We expect that when explicit memory system is not involved in competition with the implicit system, the final effect of learning is better, because all of the implicit memory capacity is engaged in learning and not in competition with the explicit system.
authors: Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. secm80@yahoo.com.br
authors: Sergio
authors: S
authors: Machado
authors: Marlo
authors: M
authors: Cunha
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Minc
authors: Claudio Elidio
authors: CE
authors: Portella
authors: Bruna
authors: B
authors: Velasques
authors: Luis F
authors: LF
authors: Basile
authors: Maurício
authors: M
authors: Cagy
authors: Roberto
authors: R
authors: Piedade
authors: Pedro
authors: P
authors: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000209:etiology*