Are the inhibitory and faciliatory effects during retrieval of semantically related items present in amnestic mild cognitive impairment?

• Published in: Journal of neuropsychology Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 63 - 80
• Main Authors: Serra, Laura, Gabrielli, Giulia Bechi, Di Domenico, Carlotta, Del Bono, Chiara, Marra, Camillo, Lopiano, Leonardo, Caltagirone, Carlo, Bozzali, Marco
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.03.2023
• Subjects: Cognition; Cognitive Dysfunction; forgetting; hippocampus; Humans; Memory Disorders - etiology; Mental Recall - physiology; mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychological Tests; prefrontal cortex; retrieval‐practice paradigm; forgetting; mild cognitive impairment; hippocampus; prefrontal cortex; retrieval-practice paradigm
• ISSN: 1748-6645; 1748-6653
• DOI: 10.1111/jnp.12286

Prefrontal functions subserve inhibition control for retrieval of semantically related items inducing forgetting 19 a‐MCI patients and 29 controls underwent neuropsychological evaluation and retrieval‐practice paradigm (RPP) to estimate baseline remember (BR), retrieval‐induced facilitation (FAC) and retrieval‐induced forgetting (RIF). A‐MCI patients underwent also 3 T‐MRI to assess relationship between regional grey matter (rGM) volumes and RPP indexes Behaviourally, RIF and FAC were both observed controls, while RIF only was observed in a‐MCI patients. In patients but not in controls, RIF was associated with cognitive efficiency and FAC with memory performance. Patients showed also associations between BR and rGM volumes in the precuneus, no association was found between rGM volumes and RIF and FAC. A‐MCI patients did not benefit from repeated practice during retrieval of studied items, which is likely due to their memory disorder. In contrast, patient cognitive efficiency would drive retrieval suppression of interfering stimuli.