Title
Bingo! Externally Supported Performance Intervention for Deficient Visual Search in Normal Aging, Parkinson's Dsease, and Alzheimer's Disease
Publication Date
2012
Document Type
Article
Abstract
External support may improve task performance regardless of an individual's ability to compensate for cognitive deficits through internally generated mechanisms. We investigated if performance of a complex, familiar visual search task (the game of bingo) could be enhanced in groups with suboptimal vision by providing external support through manipulation of task stimuli. Participants were 19 younger adults, 14 individuals with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD), 13 AD-matched healthy adults, 17 non-demented individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD), and 20 PD-matched healthy adults. We varied stimulus contrast, size, and visual complexity during game play. The externally supported performance interventions of increased stimulus size and decreased complexity resulted in improvements in performance by all groups. AD also obtained benefit from increasing contrast, presumably by compensating for their contrast sensitivity deficit. The general finding of improved performance across healthy and afflicted groups suggests the value of visual support as an easy-to-apply intervention to enhance cognitive performance.
Original Citation
Laudate, T.M., Neargarder, S., Dunne, T.E., Sullivan, K.D., Joshi, P., Gilmore, G.C., Riedel, T.M., Cronin-Golomb, A. (2012). Bingo! Externally Supported Performance Intervention for Deficient Visual Search in Normal Aging, Parkinson's Dsease, and Alzheimer's Disease. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 19(1-2), 102-121. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2011.621930
Identifier
Virtual Commons Citation
Laudate, Thomas M.; Neargarder, Sandy; Dunne, Tracy E.; Sullivan, Karen D.; Joshi, Pallavi; Gilmore, Grover C.; Riedel, Tatiana M.; and Cronin-Golomb, Alice (2012). Bingo! Externally Supported Performance Intervention for Deficient Visual Search in Normal Aging, Parkinson's Dsease, and Alzheimer's Disease. In Psychology Faculty Publications. Paper 83.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/psychology_fac/83