title: Everyday-like memory and its cognitive correlates in healthy older adults and in young patients with traumatic brain injury: a pilot study based on virtual reality.
abstract: PURPOSE STATE: A pilot-study with a comparison approach between aging and traumatic brain injury (TBI) is proposed to investigate everyday object memory patterns using a virtual HOMES test.
  
  
  METHODS
  Sixteen young controls, 15 older adults and 15 TBI patients underwent the HOMES test and traditional tests.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Older adults and TBI patients exhibited similar HOMES performances: poor recall, a greater recognition benefit, high false recognitions, but intact clustering and proactive interference effects. The age-related differences for HOMES measures were mainly mediated by executive functioning, while the HOMES performances in the TBI group were correlated with memory measures.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The differential cognitive mediating effects for a similar everyday-like memory pattern are discussed by highlighting the need for more cautious interpretations of cognitive mechanisms behind similar behavioral patterns in different populations especially in clinical and rehabilitation settings.
authors.affiliation: EA4136-Laboratoire, Handicap et Système Nerveux, Université de Bordeaux , Bordeaux , France .
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arvind Pala
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: N'Kaoua
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mazaux
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Simion
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lozes
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sorita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sauzéon
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003071:Cognition; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010865:Pilot Projects; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Aging; everyday memory; executive and memory functioning; subjective memory complaints; traumatic brain injury; virtual reality-based assessment