[Rehabilitation of prospective memory impairments in pathological aging].

Prospective memory allows us to remember to perform an action in the future in response to environmental cues (event-based) or predetermined times (time-based). It is often impaired in individuals with mild cognitive impairment. These deficits are related to various cognitive functions such as episodic memory and executive functions and are particularly affected in pathological ageing.

Prospective memory, emotions and Alzheimer's disease.

Prospective memory (PM) refers to the ability to implement intended actions in the future. PM is particularly affected in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The main objective of this study was to examine the links between PM and emotions in AD, since it has been shown that AD patients generally better memorise information with a positive emotional valence ("age-related positive effect").

[Prospective memory, emotions and Alzheimer's disease].

Prospective memory (PM) refers to the ability to implement intended actions in the future. PM is particularly affected in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The main objective of this study was to examine the links between PM and emotions in AD.

Emotion effects on implicit and explicit musical memory in normal aging.

Normal aging affects explicit memory while leaving implicit memory relatively spared. Normal aging also modifies how emotions are processed and experienced, with increasing evidence that older adults (OAs) focus more on positive information than younger adults (YAs). The aim of the present study was to investigate how age-related changes in emotion processing influence explicit and implicit memory.

The positivity bias in aging: Motivation or degradation?

The question of an emotional memory enhancement in aging, and of a positivity bias in particular, has been the subject of numerous empirical studies in the last decade. However, the roots of such positive preference are not yet well established. Partisans of a motivation-based perspective contend with those arguing that positivity is related to a cognitive or neural degradation.