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  • Title: The role of encoding in reality monitoring: a running memory test with Alzheimer's type dementia.
    Author: Mammarella N, Fairfield B.
    Journal: Q J Exp Psychol (Hove); 2006 Oct; 59(10):1701-8. PubMed ID: 16945855.
    Abstract:
    Reality monitoring refers to the discrimination between memories of internal and external events (e.g., Johnson & Raye, 1981). A total of 28 healthy older adults and 28 older adults with Alzheimer's type dementia (DAT) were asked to perform or to imagine performing simple action statements in a running memory test. This task required participants to tell whether the action statement had been carried out or imagined, or whether it was new at unpredictable intervals. The results indicated that older adults with DAT had greater difficulty in reality monitoring than did the healthy control group. The finding is discussed in terms of the role of working memory functions in reality monitoring.
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