Measuring episodic memory: A novel approach with an indefinite number of alternative forms

Humphreys, Michael S.; Smith, Simon S.; Pachana, Nancy A.; Tehan, Gerald; Byrne, Gerard

doi:10.1002/acp.1591

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“…For example, due to the lack of a valid test, the utility of subtests of the Mini Mental Status Examination Test (Carcaillon et al, 2009) or the Wechsler Memory Scale (Humphreys et al, 2010) have been evaluated as tools to measure episodic memory or episodic-like memory. The subtests of the Wechsler Memory Scale only measures verbal and visual memory and not episodic memory or episodic-like memory as defined above.…”

Section: Assessing Episodic Memorymentioning

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Perspectives on Episodic-Like and Episodic Memory

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et al. 2013

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Episodic memory refers to the conscious recollection of a personal experience that contains information on what has happened and also where and when it happened. Recollection from episodic memory also implies a kind of first-person subjectivity that has been termed autonoetic consciousness. Episodic memory is extremely sensitive to cerebral aging and neurodegenerative diseases. In Alzheimer’s disease deficits in episodic memory function are among the first cognitive symptoms observed. Furthermore, impaired episodic memory function is also observed in a variety of other neuropsychiatric diseases including dissociative disorders, schizophrenia, and Parkinson disease. Unfortunately, it is quite difficult to induce and measure episodic memories in the laboratory and it is even more difficult to measure it in clinical populations. Presently, the tests used to assess episodic memory function do not comply with even down-sized definitions of episodic-like memory as a memory for what happened, where, and when. They also require sophisticated verbal competences and are difficult to apply to patient populations. In this review, we will summarize the progress made in defining behavioral criteria of episodic-like memory in animals (and humans) as well as the perspectives in developing novel tests of human episodic memory which can also account for phenomenological aspects of episodic memory such as autonoetic awareness. We will also define basic behavioral, procedural, and phenomenological criteria which might be helpful for the development of a valid and reliable clinical test of human episodic memory.

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Section: Assessing Episodic Memorymentioning

confidence: 99%