Benefits of nostalgic landmarks for people living with Alzheimer’s disease

Abstract

Background: emerging literature shows that nostalgia induced by autobiographical reflection and music confers psychological benefits to people living with dementia.

Objectives: our objective was to test the potential benefits of nostalgic landmarks for people living with Alzheimer’s disease.

Methods: we displayed the landmarks as wall-mounted pictures within a virtual environment. In Experiment 1, we developed the nostalgia manipulation by using pictures associated with the decade during which participants lived most of their childhood. To examine the effectiveness, tolerability, and safety of this pictorial nostalgia induction, we conducted the experiment with 172 healthy adults. In Experiment 2, we recruited 20 participants living with Alzheimer’s disease who experienced mild to moderate cognitive impairments. We further personalised the pictorial nostalgia induction by interviewing them about fond memories from their past and generating images corresponding to these events. We hypothesised that navigatin

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ORCID for Alice Oliver: orcid.org/0000-0001-8812-315X

ORCID for Tim Wildschut: orcid.org/0000-0002-6499-5487

ORCID for Edward S. Redhead: orcid.org/0000-0002-7771-1228

ORCID for Antony P. Wood: orcid.org/0000-0002-1257-1877

ORCID for Constantine Sedikides: orcid.org/0000-0003-4036-889X

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