TY - JOUR
T1 - Music evoked autobiographical memories in people with behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia
AU - Baird, Amee
AU - Brancatisano, Olivia
AU - Gelding, Rebecca
AU - Thompson, William Forde
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Health and Medical Research Council and Australian Research Council: [Dementia Research Development Fellowship to Amee Baird, Grant Number APP1104833].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, © 2020 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2020/3/15
Y1 - 2020/3/15
N2 - Music is highly efficient at evoking autobiographical memories in both healthy and neurological populations. Music evoked autobiographical memories (MEAMs) are preserved in people with Alzheimer’s Dementia (AD), and occur at the same frequency as in healthy people. To date there has been no investigation of the integrity of MEAMs in people with non-AD dementia. This study provides the first characterisation of the frequency and specificity of MEAMs and photo evoked autobiographical memories (PEAMs) in 6 people with Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (Bv-FTD). We found significantly reduced frequency and specificity of MEAMs and PEAMs in people with Bv-FTD compared with healthy elderly. This supports the known decline in autobiographical memory function in this population, and the integral role of medial frontal regions in the retrieval of MEAMs. Our findings highlight that the mnemonic effects of music vary between people with different types of dementia, which has implications for dementia care.
AB - Music is highly efficient at evoking autobiographical memories in both healthy and neurological populations. Music evoked autobiographical memories (MEAMs) are preserved in people with Alzheimer’s Dementia (AD), and occur at the same frequency as in healthy people. To date there has been no investigation of the integrity of MEAMs in people with non-AD dementia. This study provides the first characterisation of the frequency and specificity of MEAMs and photo evoked autobiographical memories (PEAMs) in 6 people with Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (Bv-FTD). We found significantly reduced frequency and specificity of MEAMs and PEAMs in people with Bv-FTD compared with healthy elderly. This supports the known decline in autobiographical memory function in this population, and the integral role of medial frontal regions in the retrieval of MEAMs. Our findings highlight that the mnemonic effects of music vary between people with different types of dementia, which has implications for dementia care.
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U2 - 10.1080/09658211.2020.1713379
DO - 10.1080/09658211.2020.1713379
M3 - Article
C2 - 31959062
AN - SCOPUS:85078432861
SN - 0965-8211
VL - 28
SP - 323
EP - 336
JO - Memory
JF - Memory
IS - 3
ER -