title: To err is human, to monitor divine: environmental adaptations reduce everyday errors but do not improve monitoring.
abstract: The current study aimed to address error monitoring impairments in dementia using an intervention for execution deficits. Thirty-eight participants completed the Naturalistic Action Test (NAT) under two conditions: Standard and User-Centered. The Standard NAT followed the manual procedures; in the User-Centered NAT, objects were arranged sequentially, and distractor items were separated from target objects. While participants committed fewer errors in the User-Centered condition, there was no difference in the proportion of errors detected. However, the neuropsychological processes associated with monitoring differed across conditions. The results have implications for a neuropsychological model of error monitoring in dementia.
authors: Department of Neurology, Memory and Aging Center, University of California-San Francisco, 350 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. bbettcher@memory.ucsf.edu
authors: Brianne Magouirk
authors: BM
authors: Bettcher
authors: Tania
authors: T
authors: Giovannetti
authors: Elizabeth
authors: E
authors: Klobusicky
authors: Denene
authors: D
authors: Wambach
authors: Joel
authors: J
authors: Eppig
authors: David J
authors: DJ
authors: Libon
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000379:methods*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003704:Dementia / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004777:Environment; D056344:Executive Function; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017603:Signal Detection, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*