Guazzo, Federica, Allen, Richard J., Baddeley, Alan orcid.org/0000-0002-9163-0643 et al. (1 more author) (2020) Unimodal and Crossmodal working memory binding is not differentially affected by age or Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychology. ISSN 0894-4105
Abstract
Working Memory Binding (WMB) entails the integration of multiple sources of information to form and temporarily store unique representations. Information can be processed through either one (i.e., Unimodal WMB) or separate sensory modalities (i.e., Crossmodal WMB). Objective: In this study, we investigated whether Crossmodal WMB is differentially affected by normal or pathological ageing compared to Unimodal WMB. Methods: Experiment 1: 26 older and 26 younger adults recalled the target feature matching the test probe to complete a previously displayed colour-shape binding (visually presented in the Unimodal condition; auditorily and visually presented in the Crossmodal condition). Experiment 2: 35 older and 35 younger adults undertook the same paradigm while carrying out articulatory suppression to limit verbal recoding. Experiment 3: 24 Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) patients and two groups of 24 healthy matched controls (tested respectively with the same and an increased memory load compared to the patients) were recruited to perform a similar task. Results: Results show no age-related additional cost in Crossmodal WMB in respect to Unimodal WMB. AD patients had poor attainment in both WMB tasks regardless of specific binding condition. Conclusion: These findings provide evidence identifying WMB per se to be impaired in AD, regardless of the type of to-be-bound material. This supports the view that WMB is a suitable cognitive marker for AD.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 American Psychological Association. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
Keywords: | memory binding,working memory,Alzheimer's disease |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 Feb 2020 12:30 |
Last Modified: | 27 Dec 2024 00:14 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1037/neu0000622 |
Status: | Published online |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/neu0000622 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:156783 |