Memory for the News: Does Event Transience Matter?

Caroline O NesterChristopher MaloneCatherine MunroNancy MadiganSara HoffschmidtJoan SweeneyTyler ZinkMargaret O'Connor

Published in: Cognitive and behavioral neurology : official journal of the Society for Behavioral and Cognitive Neurology (2023)

Findings support the use of transient news events to assess remote memories in older adults. Novel remote memory measures broaden the scope of memory assessment far beyond what is feasible with traditional neuropsychological assessment and may provide insight into the onset of memory changes.

Keyphrases

working memory
brain injury
blood brain barrier
cerebral ischemia
subarachnoid hemorrhage