Papers by Sergio Della Sala
Brain, 2004
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Brain, 1991
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Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2010
Previous dual task studies have demonstrated minimal costs when healthy individuals simultaneousl... more Previous dual task studies have demonstrated minimal costs when healthy individuals simultaneously perform two tasks at their own individual ability levels. Conversely, Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients show dual task decrements, but it is unclear whether the problem arises at the encoding, maintenance, and/or retrieval phases of memory. Two experiments combined digit recall and visuo-motor tracking to investigate dual task effects during encoding, maintenance, and/or retrieval for AD patients compared with healthy adults. The demands of each single task were titrated for the ability of each participant. In Experiment 1, the dual task requirement was present throughout both encoding and retrieval of digit recall and the differential dual task effects on a secondary tracking task were examined post-hoc. In Experiment 2, the impact of dual task during encoding only, during maintenance only, and during retrieval only was examined systematically. The findings suggest that the specif...
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Memory & Cognition, Sep 1, 2002
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Neuropsychologia, 2020
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Psychology & Neuroscience, 2019
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Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics, 2019
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Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, 2015
Patients with sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) are impaired in their ability to perform two ... more Patients with sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) are impaired in their ability to perform two tasks concurrently compared to healthy younger and older adults, despite being able to successfully perform the tasks on their own reasonably well. Dual task impairments have also been found in those individuals with an E280A presenilin-1 genetic mutation but who do not yet meet the criteria for AD. The aim of the current study is to determine whether this dual task deficit is specific to the given combination of tasks performed simultaneously or whether it reflects a general deficit in the ability to coordinate two tasks. Thirty-one carriers of the gene mutation who did not meet the criteria for AD and 38 non-carriers were asked to perform two memory tasks simultaneously. The familial AD carriers showed significant dual task decrements compared to those family members without the gene mutation. The findings support the notion that a deficit in the mechanism responsible for coordinating ...
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Neuropsychology, 2004
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Neurocase, 2013
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Memory, 2014
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 2012
Previous dual task studies have demonstrated that patients with sporadic Alzheimer's disease... more Previous dual task studies have demonstrated that patients with sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) are impaired in their ability to perform two tasks simultaneously compared with healthy controls, despite being able to successfully perform the tasks alone relatively well. Yet, it remains unclear what the earliest clinical manifestation of this dual task coordination deficit is. This study examined dual task abilities in individuals who are at risk of early-onset familial AD due to an E280A presenilin-1 mutation. Thirty-nine carriers of the gene mutation who did not meet the criteria for AD and 29 non-carrier healthy controls were asked to perform digit recall accompanied by a secondary tracking task. Individuals who were carriers of the genetic mutation demonstrated significantly higher dual task costs than healthy non-carriers. Dual task performance was found to be more sensitive to this very early stage of FAD than episodic memory measures. The findings support the notion that...
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Journal of Neurology, 2009
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Cortex, 2010
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Behavioural Neurology, 2013
Several studies have found dual tasking to be impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but unaff... more Several studies have found dual tasking to be impaired in Alzheimer's disease (AD), but unaffected by healthy ageing. It is not known if this deficit is specific to AD, or also present in other neurodegenerative disorders that can occur in later life, such as Parkinson's disease (PD). Therefore, this study investigated dual tasking in 13 people with PD, 26 AD and 42 healthy age-matched controls. The people with AD demonstrated a specific impairment in dual tasking, which worsened with increasing disease severity. The people with PD did not demonstrate any deficits in dual tasking ability, when compared to healthy controls, suggesting that the dual task impairment is specific to AD.
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Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2011
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 2017
Objectives: Anosognosia for motor impairment is a complex syndrome that can manifest itself under... more Objectives: Anosognosia for motor impairment is a complex syndrome that can manifest itself under different forms, guiding patients’ behavior and task decisions. However, current diagnostic tools tend to evaluate only more explicit aspects of anosognosia (asking the patients about their motor abilities) and fail to address more subtle features of awareness. We have developed a new assessment measure, the ECT (Errand Choice Test), where patients are asked to judge task difficulty rather than estimate their own impairment. Methods: We assessed awareness in a group of 73 unilateral left- and right-brain damaged (30 LBD and 43 RBD, respectively) patients by means of the VATAm, which explicitly requires them to evaluate their own motor abilities, and the ECT. A control group of 65 healthy volunteers was asked to perform the ECT under two conditions: Current condition (i.e., using both hands) and Simulated conditions (i.e., simulating hemiplegia). Results: A total of 27% of the patients s...
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Journal of Neurology, 2009
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Memory & Cognition, 2011
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