Personal memory function in mild cognitive impairment and subjective memory complaints: Results from the Australian imaging, biomarkers, and lifestyle (AIBL) study of ageing

RF Buckley; MM Saling; M Irish; D Ames; CC Rowe; NT Lautenschlager; P Maruff; SL Macaulay; RN Martins; CL Masters; SR Rainey-Smith; A Rembach; G Savage; C Szoeke; KA Ellis

Journal article

Personal memory function in mild cognitive impairment and subjective memory complaints: Results from the Australian imaging, biomarkers, and lifestyle (AIBL) study of ageing

RF Buckley, MM Saling, M Irish, D Ames, CC Rowe, NT Lautenschlager, P Maruff, SL Macaulay, RN Martins, CL Masters, SR Rainey-Smith, A Rembach, G Savage, C Szoeke, KA Ellis

Journal of Alzheimer S Disease | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.3233/JAD-131820

Abstract

Background: Autobiographical memory (ABM) refers to the recollection of individual experiences, while personal semantic memory (PSM) refers to personally relevant, but shared, facts. Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is routinely diagnosed with the aid of neuropsychological tests, which do not tap the ABM and PSM domains. Objective: We aimed to characterize the nature of ABM and PSM retrieval in cognitively healthy (HC) memory complainers, non-memory complainers, and MCI participants, and to investigate the relationship between neuropsychological tests and personal memory. Methods: Gender- and education-matched participants (HC = 80 and MCI = 43) completed the Episodic ABM Interview (EAMI) and..

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Rachel Buckley Author

Michael Saling Author

David Ames Author

Christopher Rowe Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

CSIRO and the Science and Industry Endowment Fund support this research. The AIBL study also receives support from NHMRC, Pfizer and GE Healthcare. We thank all the participants who took part in the study and the clinicians who referred MCI participants to the study.