RecruitingNCT05642351

Autobiographical Specificity

Autobiographical Specificity in Alzheimer's Disease and Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia

Sponsor

Nantes University Hospital

Enrollment

62 participants

Start Date

Feb 3, 2023

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Alzheimer Disease Frontotemporal Dementia Memory

Summary

Autobiographical memory is diminished in patients with Alzheimer's Disease and those with behavioral variant of frontotemporal dementia, and research has focused on the hampered ability of patients in retrieving specific memories. However, this study proposes a detailed methodology to provide a qualitative analysis of autobiographical specificity.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria3

Alzheimer' disease or avioral variant of frontotemporal dementia
No opposition from the patient to be included in the study
For Alzheimer's patients: a score of more than 24 out of 30 on the Mini Mental State Examination (McKhann et al., 1984)

Exclusion Criteria3

Other psychiatric/neurological disorders
Minor patients
Adults under guardianship or protection.

Interventions

OTHERAutobiographical reminder

The analysis of the specificity of Autobiographical Recall will be done through the following scale, developed for the study: * 6 points for a recall involving a single personal event located in space AND time (e.g.,"I remember when my parents took me to the sea for the first time..in 1962..in Dunkerque") * 5 points for a recall involving a single personal event located in space OR time ("I remember when my parents first took me to the sea...in 1962") * 4 points for a recall involving a single personal event but without spatial/temporal details ("I remember when my parents took me to the sea for the first time") * 3 points for a recall involving a general personal event but located in space AND time ("we used to go to Dunkerque in the summer") * 2 points for a recall involving a general personal event but located in space OR time ("we used to go to Dunkerque") * 1 point for a recall involving a general personal event without spatial/temporal details ("we used to go on vacation")