Title :

The subjective experience of mind wandering in Alzheimer’s disease

Author(s) :

El Haj, Mohamad [Auteur]
Nantes Université [Nantes Univ]
Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes = Nantes University Hospital [CHU Nantes]
Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire [LPPL]
Allain, Philippe [Auteur]
Laboratoire de Psychologie des Pays de la Loire [LPPL]
Université d'Angers [UA]
Antoine, Pascal [Auteur]
Laboratoire Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives - UMR 9193 [SCALab]
Gallouj, Karim [Auteur]
Centre Hospitalier de Tourcoing
Moustafa, Ahmed A. [Auteur]
Quaglino, Véronique [Auteur]
Centre de Recherche en Psychologie : Cognition, Psychisme et Organisations - UR UPJV 7273 [CRP-CPO]
Roche, Jean [Auteur]

Journal title :

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volume number :

25

Pages :

201-214

Publisher :

Informa UK Limited

Publication date :

2020-02-03

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences cognitives

English abstract : [en]

Introduction: Little is known about mind wandering in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In this study, we evaluated the subjective experience of mind wandering in AD. Methods: We invited AD patients and control participants to ...
Show more >Introduction: Little is known about mind wandering in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). In this study, we evaluated the subjective experience of mind wandering in AD. Methods: We invited AD patients and control participants to rate the occurrence, intentionality, emotionality, visual imagery, specificity, self-relatedness and temporal orientation of mind wandering. Results: Analysis showed that AD patients rated their mind wandering as more frequent, negative, and more oriented toward the past, but less vivid and specific than that of control participants. No significant differences were observed between AD patients and control participants regarding the intentionality or self-relatedness of mind wandering. Conclusions: These findings demonstrate the negative content in AD. Regarding the reduction of visual imagery and specificity during mind wandering, this reduction may mirror a diminished subjective experience of mind wandering in AD. Regarding temporality, our results may reflect a tendency of AD patients to reminisce over past experiences. Finally, mind wandering in AD seems to trigger significant self-related content.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Sciences Cognitives et Sciences Affectives (SCALab) - UMR 9193

Research team(s) :

Équipe Dynamique Émotionnelle et Pathologies (DEEP)

Submission date :

2023-12-31T16:42:35Z
2023-12-31T18:33:01Z
2024-01-19T12:30:25Z
2024-03-25T13:24:58Z
2024-04-29T07:57:18Z