Priming between modalities in normal aging and dementia
Multiple Paper Presentation
Soledad Ballesteros
CEEN Research Institute UNED
José Manuel
Reales
CEEN (UNED)
Montserrat
González
CEEN (UNED)
Beatriz García
CEEN (UNED) Abstract ID Number: 13 Abstract
Previous studies have shown that the perceptual representations of visual and haptic objects that mediate repetition priming are not modality specific (Reales & Ballesteros, 1999). Complete cross-modal facilitation between both modalities was found in young adults. More recently, we have reported (Ballesteros & Reales, 2004) complete haptic priming in normal young and older healthy adults and in Alzheimer´s disease (AD) patients. However, the influence in priming of changing modalities in normal and pathological aging has not been investigated. In this study we tested the hypothesis that cross-modal priming between vision and touch exists in normal aging and AD patients because implicit memory depends on extraestriates areas preserved in these groups. Results from these studies will be discussed in terms of the memory systems account.
To be Presented at the Following Symposium:
Experiencing objects through vision and touch
Other papers in this Symposium: - Marc O. Ernst
Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Johannes Burge School of Optometry, Vision Science Program, UC Berkeley Martin S. Banks School of Optometry, Vision Science Program, UC Berkeley Resolving visual-tactual incongruity depends on sensory reliability - Geke Ludden
Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology *Rick Schifferstein Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology *Paul Hekkert Industrial Design, Delft University of Technology Visual – tactual incongruities as sources of surprise - Fiona Newell
Department of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin *Achille Pasqualotto Department of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin *Ignace Vendrell Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin Visual and tactile spatial information is updated with observer movement.
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