New Long-Term Encoding in Severely Amnesic Alzheimer's Disease Patients Revealed Through Repeated Exposure to Artistic Items.

Background: Encoding of new information is considered to be impossible in people with Alzheimer's disease (PWAD) at a moderate to severe stage. However, a few case studies reported new learning under special circumstances, especially with music.

Objective: This article aims at clarifying PWAD's learning capacities toward unknown material under more ecological settings, which is repeated exposure without encoding instruction.