A Disconnection syndrome in Alzheimer’s disease: arguments from sensory-dependent memory models

<p>Poster presented at the mid-year congress of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS), Cracow (Poland) in June 2010.</p> <p>Data from the Ph.D. thesis of GT Vallet.</p

Cognitive measures in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

<p><b>Objective:</b> We describe the implementation of cognitive measures within the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), a nationwide, epidemiological study of aging, and relate CLSA Tracking cohort data (n over 20,000) to previous studies using these measures.<b>Method:</b> CLSA participants (aged 45–85, <i>n</i> over 50,000) provided demographic, social, physical/clinical, psychological, economic, and health service utilization information relevant to health and aging through telephone interviews (Tracking cohort, <i>n</i> over 20,000) or in-person (i.e. Comprehensive cohort, <i>n</i> over 30,000) in both official languages (i.e. English, French). Cognitive measures included: the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) – Trial 1 and five-minute delayed recall; Animal Fluency (AF), the Mental Alternation Test (MAT) (both cohorts); Controlled Oral Word Association Test, Stroop Test, Prospective Memory Test, and Choice reaction times (Comprehensive Cohort).<b>Results:</b> Performance on the RAVLT Trial 1 and AF were very similar to comparable groups studied previously; CLSA sample sizes were far larger. Within the CLSA Tracking cohort, main effects of age and language were observed for all cognitive measures except RAVLT delayed recall. Interaction effects (language × age) were observed for AF.<b>Conclusion:</b> This preliminary examination of the CLSA Tracking cognitive measures lends support to their use in large studies of aging. The CLSA has the potential to provide the ‘best’ comparison data for adult Canadians generated to date and may also be applicable more broadly. Future studies examining relations among the psychological, biological, health, lifestyle, and social measures within the CLSA will make unique contributions to understanding aging.</p

Amorçage inter-sensoriel : implication des fonctions exécutives dans la sélection des traces

<p>Poster presented at the spring symposium of the <strong>Société de Neuropsychologie de Langue Française</strong> in Montréal (Qc, Canada), May 2009.</p> <p>Preliminary data from my Ph.D. thesis.</p

L’effet mnésique d’un masque sensoriel: des liens étroits entre la mémoire et la perception

<p>Poster presented at the 32th congress of the <strong>Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie</strong>, Montréal (Qc, Canada), March 2010.</p> <p>Data from my Ph.D. thesis.</p

The Sensory-dependent nature of audio-visual Interactions for semantic knowledge

<p>Poster presented at the 33th annual conference of the <strong>Cognitive Science Society</strong> in Boston (MA, USA), August 2011.</p> <p>Data from my Ph.D. thesis.</p

All errors are not the same: Different memory profiles between aging, Alzheimer

<p>Poster presented at the annual congress of the International Neuropsychological Society (INS). Montréal (Qc), Canada, july 2013.</p