2220 – Associative memory exercises as a means for alzheimer's ...
Article: 2220
Topic: 42 - Cognitive Neuroscience
ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY EXERCISES AS A MEANS FOR ALZHEIMER'S TREATMENT: A CASE
STUDY
M.T. Garcia Campuzano 1 , Z. Moussavi 1,2
1 Biomedical Engineering Program, 2 Psychiatry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
People living with Alzheimer's disease experience a gradual decline in cognitive skills, especially in memory (Selkoe, 2002).
However, through the frequent and regular use of memory exercises a cognitive improvement may be achieved. The intention
of this paper is to report the results of an 8-weeks associative memory exercise regime applied to an Alzheimer's participant.
Our hypothesis is that exercising the associative memory regularly and frequently will slow the Alzheimer's progression, and
may even improve the mental and cognitive condition. To test our hypothesis, we used our recently designed associative
memory exercises described in (Garcia et. al, 2012). An 86 years old female, diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at relatively
early stages, participated in this study (during 8 consecutive weeks, with 3 exercise sessions/week). At the beginning, at the
end of the exercise regime and one month afterwards, the Wechsler Memory Scale questionnaire (WMS-III) was employed to
assess her memory and mental state. Results from the memory exercises showed that the participant's performance improved
over the eight weeks of trials. Moreover, 4 out of the 12 WMS-III subtests that were related to associative memory the most,
presented score increments at the end of the exercise program (Logical Memory-I (0 to 7), Logical Memory-II-Recognition (15
to20), Verbal Paired Associates-II-Recognition (13-16) and Family Pictures-II (4-11)). These results are as encouraging as the
ones found in (Garcia et.al, 2012); they suggest that the designed memory exercises may be used as an effective tool to
improve the cognitive state of individuals with Alzheimer's disease.
(13)77091-3 Published online by Cambridge University Press
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