Induction and Recognition of Emotions

Summary

This study evaluates the differences in cognitive function between healthy older adults, older adults with mild Alzheimer's type dementia and older adults with Parkinson's disease and if there are differences in valence assessment and activation that produce them a mood induction task. Subjects are assessed using neuropsychological tests and then a mood induction task based on movie clips is applied.

Conditions

• Healthy Older Adults
• Alzheimer's Disease
• Parkinson's Disease

Interventions

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Mini Cognitive Examination (MCE)

This test provides information on temporal and spatial orientation, fixation, concentration and calculation, memory and language and construction.

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Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II)

This test evaluates the absence or presence of depressive symptoms.

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Global Deterioration Scale (GDS)

This scale measures the level of deterioration of the subject.

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Memory alteration test (M@T)

In this test different memory subtypes are evaluated.

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Spanish-Complutense Verbal Learning Test (TAVEC)

This test is used to assess immediate memory, deferred memory and learning ability.

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Barcelona test (BT)

This test evaluates categorical evocation and verbal fluency. The categorical recall subtest consists of recalling the maximum number of words linked to a specific category "animals" in 1 minute. In the case of verbal fluency, the subject is asked to evoke the maximum number of words that begin with the letter "p" in 3 minutes.

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Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test (ROCFT)

In this test, the person must carefully copy a complex geometric drawing, which must be memorized later. The first part evaluates multiple cognitive processes such as planning, motor skills, working memory, and visual-constructive and spatial skills. In the second part, memory is evaluated.

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Frontal assessment battery (FAB)

This test is a composite tool for assessing executive functions related to the frontal lobe.

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Positive and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS)

It is a self-report questionnaire made up of 20 items (10 of positive affect and another 10 of negative affect) that the subject must answer, obtaining in this way a score in positive affectivity (AP subscale) and another in negative affectivity (AN subscale).

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Auto-Assessment Manikins (SAM)

It is a self-report questionnaire that assesses the emotional response of the subject, in this case, through a mood induction task that plays different films scenes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Asociación Parkinson Valencia

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Valencia

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Juan C Melendez, Psychology · University of Valencia

Eligibility

Min Age

65 Years

Max Age

99 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2020-03-02

Primary Completion

2020-10-30

Completion

2020-11-30

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations