"Has your Memory Been Letting you Down?" Use of Figurative Language Modulates Expression of Awareness of Impairments in Alzheimer's Disease.

Raquel Luiza Santos de Carvalho¹, Luccas Abrantes Peres Dos Santos¹, Jamie Ferrison¹, Iris Bomilcar², Elodie Bertrand³, Marcia Cristina Nascimento Dourado⁴, Robin G Morris⁵, Daniel C Mograbi^1,5

¹Department of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

²Lúmen Ciência e Saúde LTDA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

³Laboratoire Mémoire, Cerveau et Cognition (LMC2), Institut de Psychologie, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France.

⁴Center for Alzheimer's Disease, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Psychiatry, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

⁵Department of Psychology, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK.

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Abstract

IntroductionWe compared responses of people with Alzheimer's disease (PwAD) on the Assessment Scale of Psychosocial Impact of the Diagnosis of Dementia and an adapted figurative language version. We hypothesize that figurative language improves acknowledgment of difficulties, varying by awareness object.Methods27 mild to moderate PwAD completed measures of cognition, depression and self-reported i…

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