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Papers by Julio Menor
Behavioral sciences, Nov 26, 2023
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2016
. A key feature of the autonomy and quality of life of the elderly is their ability to perform in... more . A key feature of the autonomy and quality of life of the elderly is their ability to perform instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). When older people have difficulty in performing IADLs, many of their social and community activities may be affected, leading to their progressive isolation from society. This study describes the development and validation of a test that assesses six areas of daily functioning in the elderly: use of medication and healthcare management, administrative, financial management, transportation, meal preparation, and shopping. The study evaluated 164 healthy individuals without cognitive impairment using an extensive cognitive battery. The construct validity and reliability of test were examined. Findings revealed a good internal consistency and high inter-rater and test-retest reliability. As for construct validity, the instrument tasks were grouped into two dimensions, based on the cognitive components involved in each task: fluid and episodic memory tasks and crystallized tasks. The developed instrument may be useful for evaluating IADLs in those elderly who live at home and are somewhat dependent.
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 2015
La participación de las personas mayores en actividades cognitivamente demandantes se considera u... more La participación de las personas mayores en actividades cognitivamente demandantes se considera un factor potenciador de la función cognitiva. Sin embargo, variables psicosociales del ciclo vital como la educación y el ámbito profesional influyen también en el funcionamiento cognitivo. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar la relación entre la estimulación cotidiana y el funcionamiento cognitivo en una muestra de personas mayores sanas, controlando los efectos de la educación y el ámbito profesional. En el estudio participaron 164 personas mayores de 60 años, del ámbito rural y urbano, con diferente nivel de estudios y ámbito profesional que fueron evaluados con una extensa batería de medidas neuropsicológicas, así como en un inventario de actividades cotidianas construido ad hoc. Los resultados muestran que diferentes actividades cotidianas cognitivamente demandantes guardan relación con procesos cognitivos tanto fluidos como cristalizados. Además, se comprobó que la estimu...
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Studies on the social contagion of memory show that it is possible to create false memories from ... more Studies on the social contagion of memory show that it is possible to create false memories from the wrong responses from other people without requiring their physical presence. The current study examined age differences between false memories via the modified social contagion paradigm. Twenty older and twenty younger adults were shown six household scenes and were exposed to the erroneous memory reports of an implied confederate who was not physically present. The presentation time of the scenes and the typicality of the contagion items were manipulated. The participants watched each scene individually and then took turns giving their recall responses with the responses belonging to a fictional participant provided by written cards. The results in a final individual recall test indicated a significant contagion effect in both groups of participants. Additionally, an effect of the typicality of the contagion items was observed, such that the more typical items produced more contagio...
Trastornos De La Memoria En La Enfermedad De Alzheimer 2001 Isbn 84 8164 472 2 Pags 103 115, 2001
Trastornos De La Memoria En La Enfermedad De Alzheimer 2001 Isbn 84 8164 472 2 Pags 29 44, 2001
Trastornos De La Memoria En La Enfermedad De Alzheimer 2001 Isbn 84 8164 472 2 Pags 81 102, 2001
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, Aug 5, 2014
Revista Iberoamericana de Psicología y Salud, 2013
El recuerdo en colaboracion puede ser una fuente potencial de falsos recuerdos. En este estudio s... more El recuerdo en colaboracion puede ser una fuente potencial de falsos recuerdos. En este estudio se analiza si la presentacion de informacion erronea durante una prueba de recuerdo en colaboracion con un falso participante produce mas falso recuerdo que si dicha informacion se presenta por escrito. Un grupo de 40 participantes, con una rango de edad entre los 21 y los 34 anos (M = 25 anos; EE = 0,69) vieron individualmente seis escenas de una casa durante 15 o 60 segundos cada una. En la condicion de contagio social el participante real y un falso participante veian y recordaban conjuntamente los objetos de cada una de las escenas. En la condicion de contagio inducido por escrito los participantes veian y recordaban individualmente los objetos de las escenas alternando sus respuestas con las emitidas por otra persona ficticia que aparecian escritas en tarjetas. En ambas condiciones de contagio se introdujeron objetos de alta y baja expectativa que no habian aparecido en las escenas. ...
Memory, 2001
This study examined whether the low performance of 40 AD patients in the Brown-Peterson task coul... more This study examined whether the low performance of 40 AD patients in the Brown-Peterson task could be explained by a pattern of errors that differed from 55 elderly controls. Our quantitative results showed that AD patients had a lower performance level in the three retention intervals than controls but a significant interaction between group and interval was not found, indicating that the rate of forgetfulness was similar in the two groups. In our qualitative analysis, errors were categorised as confusions, perseverations, omissions, and order alterations. Contrary to other studies (Dannenbaum, Parkinson, & Inman, 1988; Kopelman, 1985) where an AD forgetfulness tendency of omissions was observed, our data showed an excess of perseveration (even more than five repetitions), indicating problems in the central executive. This could be interpreted in terms of problems in updating the contents of working memory.
Psicothema, 1999
Implicit memory assessment by perceptual identification of fragmented pictures. Two experiments w... more Implicit memory assessment by perceptual identification of fragmented pictures. Two experiments were carried out to check whether the four forms of Snodgrass and Corwin's (1988) fragmented pictures were equivalent for a Spanish population. It was also examined if the picture attributes of the drawings proposed by the same authors could predict the performance in an Identification task (Experiment 1), and in a Free Recall task (Experiment 2). For this purpose it was used the standarised norms of Sanfeliu and Fernandez (1996). The results of Experiment 1 showed that neither perceptual learning nor skill learning were homogeneous in all the Snodgrass and Corwin's subforms. Pictures' atributes as Name agreement, Image variability and Familiarity did have an influence on the Identification task. But none of them showed any positive effect in the Free Recall task (Experiment 2). When there was an effect, as in the case of the Name agreement, it was in the opposite direction.
Resumen es: El recuerdo en colaboracion puede ser una fuente potencial de falsos recuerdos. En es... more Resumen es: El recuerdo en colaboracion puede ser una fuente potencial de falsos recuerdos. En este estudio se analiza si la presentacion de informacion erronea dura...
En el presente articulo se discuten los principales procesos cognitivos y las areas cerebrales qu... more En el presente articulo se discuten los principales procesos cognitivos y las areas cerebrales que subyacen a la realizacion de las accionas demoradas (AD). En primer lugar, se introduce el termino Accion Demorada en referencia a la memoria prospectiva al considerarlo como mas definitorio da las tareas que implican realizar una accion que daba ser pospuesta en el tiempo y en la que intervienen procesos no solo de naturaleza mnesica. A continuacion se analizan tanto los componentes da una AD (Intencion, Contenido, Clave de Recuperacion) como las fases a traves da las cuales se procesan dichos componentes (planificacion, fase mnesica, ejecucion, y comprobacion), asi como los diferentes tipos da tareas. Por ultimo, se exponen las principales hipotesis neuropsicologicas sobra las AD. Por un lado, la participacion activa de la corteza prefrontal en las acciones demoradas. Por otro, la implicacion de los clasicos circuitos temporo-mediales relacionados con la memoria declarativa. Palabras...
Frontiers in Psychology
Studies on the social contagion of memory show that it is possible to create false memories from ... more Studies on the social contagion of memory show that it is possible to create false memories from the wrong responses from other people without requiring their physical presence. The current study examined age differences between false memories via the modified social contagion paradigm. Twenty older and twenty younger adults were shown six household scenes and were exposed to the erroneous memory reports of an implied confederate who was not physically present. The presentation time of the scenes and the typicality of the contagion items were manipulated. The participants watched each scene individually and then took turns giving their recall responses with the responses belonging to a fictional participant provided by written cards. The results in a final individual recall test indicated a significant contagion effect in both groups of participants. Additionally, an effect of the typicality of the contagion items was observed, such that the more typical items produced more contagio...
Behavioral sciences, Nov 26, 2023
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
European Journal of Psychological Assessment, 2016
. A key feature of the autonomy and quality of life of the elderly is their ability to perform in... more . A key feature of the autonomy and quality of life of the elderly is their ability to perform instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). When older people have difficulty in performing IADLs, many of their social and community activities may be affected, leading to their progressive isolation from society. This study describes the development and validation of a test that assesses six areas of daily functioning in the elderly: use of medication and healthcare management, administrative, financial management, transportation, meal preparation, and shopping. The study evaluated 164 healthy individuals without cognitive impairment using an extensive cognitive battery. The construct validity and reliability of test were examined. Findings revealed a good internal consistency and high inter-rater and test-retest reliability. As for construct validity, the instrument tasks were grouped into two dimensions, based on the cognitive components involved in each task: fluid and episodic memory tasks and crystallized tasks. The developed instrument may be useful for evaluating IADLs in those elderly who live at home and are somewhat dependent.
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 2015
La participación de las personas mayores en actividades cognitivamente demandantes se considera u... more La participación de las personas mayores en actividades cognitivamente demandantes se considera un factor potenciador de la función cognitiva. Sin embargo, variables psicosociales del ciclo vital como la educación y el ámbito profesional influyen también en el funcionamiento cognitivo. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar la relación entre la estimulación cotidiana y el funcionamiento cognitivo en una muestra de personas mayores sanas, controlando los efectos de la educación y el ámbito profesional. En el estudio participaron 164 personas mayores de 60 años, del ámbito rural y urbano, con diferente nivel de estudios y ámbito profesional que fueron evaluados con una extensa batería de medidas neuropsicológicas, así como en un inventario de actividades cotidianas construido ad hoc. Los resultados muestran que diferentes actividades cotidianas cognitivamente demandantes guardan relación con procesos cognitivos tanto fluidos como cristalizados. Además, se comprobó que la estimu...
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021
Studies on the social contagion of memory show that it is possible to create false memories from ... more Studies on the social contagion of memory show that it is possible to create false memories from the wrong responses from other people without requiring their physical presence. The current study examined age differences between false memories via the modified social contagion paradigm. Twenty older and twenty younger adults were shown six household scenes and were exposed to the erroneous memory reports of an implied confederate who was not physically present. The presentation time of the scenes and the typicality of the contagion items were manipulated. The participants watched each scene individually and then took turns giving their recall responses with the responses belonging to a fictional participant provided by written cards. The results in a final individual recall test indicated a significant contagion effect in both groups of participants. Additionally, an effect of the typicality of the contagion items was observed, such that the more typical items produced more contagio...
Trastornos De La Memoria En La Enfermedad De Alzheimer 2001 Isbn 84 8164 472 2 Pags 103 115, 2001
Trastornos De La Memoria En La Enfermedad De Alzheimer 2001 Isbn 84 8164 472 2 Pags 29 44, 2001
Trastornos De La Memoria En La Enfermedad De Alzheimer 2001 Isbn 84 8164 472 2 Pags 81 102, 2001
European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, Aug 5, 2014
Revista Iberoamericana de Psicología y Salud, 2013
El recuerdo en colaboracion puede ser una fuente potencial de falsos recuerdos. En este estudio s... more El recuerdo en colaboracion puede ser una fuente potencial de falsos recuerdos. En este estudio se analiza si la presentacion de informacion erronea durante una prueba de recuerdo en colaboracion con un falso participante produce mas falso recuerdo que si dicha informacion se presenta por escrito. Un grupo de 40 participantes, con una rango de edad entre los 21 y los 34 anos (M = 25 anos; EE = 0,69) vieron individualmente seis escenas de una casa durante 15 o 60 segundos cada una. En la condicion de contagio social el participante real y un falso participante veian y recordaban conjuntamente los objetos de cada una de las escenas. En la condicion de contagio inducido por escrito los participantes veian y recordaban individualmente los objetos de las escenas alternando sus respuestas con las emitidas por otra persona ficticia que aparecian escritas en tarjetas. En ambas condiciones de contagio se introdujeron objetos de alta y baja expectativa que no habian aparecido en las escenas. ...
Memory, 2001
This study examined whether the low performance of 40 AD patients in the Brown-Peterson task coul... more This study examined whether the low performance of 40 AD patients in the Brown-Peterson task could be explained by a pattern of errors that differed from 55 elderly controls. Our quantitative results showed that AD patients had a lower performance level in the three retention intervals than controls but a significant interaction between group and interval was not found, indicating that the rate of forgetfulness was similar in the two groups. In our qualitative analysis, errors were categorised as confusions, perseverations, omissions, and order alterations. Contrary to other studies (Dannenbaum, Parkinson, & Inman, 1988; Kopelman, 1985) where an AD forgetfulness tendency of omissions was observed, our data showed an excess of perseveration (even more than five repetitions), indicating problems in the central executive. This could be interpreted in terms of problems in updating the contents of working memory.
Psicothema, 1999
Implicit memory assessment by perceptual identification of fragmented pictures. Two experiments w... more Implicit memory assessment by perceptual identification of fragmented pictures. Two experiments were carried out to check whether the four forms of Snodgrass and Corwin's (1988) fragmented pictures were equivalent for a Spanish population. It was also examined if the picture attributes of the drawings proposed by the same authors could predict the performance in an Identification task (Experiment 1), and in a Free Recall task (Experiment 2). For this purpose it was used the standarised norms of Sanfeliu and Fernandez (1996). The results of Experiment 1 showed that neither perceptual learning nor skill learning were homogeneous in all the Snodgrass and Corwin's subforms. Pictures' atributes as Name agreement, Image variability and Familiarity did have an influence on the Identification task. But none of them showed any positive effect in the Free Recall task (Experiment 2). When there was an effect, as in the case of the Name agreement, it was in the opposite direction.
Resumen es: El recuerdo en colaboracion puede ser una fuente potencial de falsos recuerdos. En es... more Resumen es: El recuerdo en colaboracion puede ser una fuente potencial de falsos recuerdos. En este estudio se analiza si la presentacion de informacion erronea dura...
En el presente articulo se discuten los principales procesos cognitivos y las areas cerebrales qu... more En el presente articulo se discuten los principales procesos cognitivos y las areas cerebrales que subyacen a la realizacion de las accionas demoradas (AD). En primer lugar, se introduce el termino Accion Demorada en referencia a la memoria prospectiva al considerarlo como mas definitorio da las tareas que implican realizar una accion que daba ser pospuesta en el tiempo y en la que intervienen procesos no solo de naturaleza mnesica. A continuacion se analizan tanto los componentes da una AD (Intencion, Contenido, Clave de Recuperacion) como las fases a traves da las cuales se procesan dichos componentes (planificacion, fase mnesica, ejecucion, y comprobacion), asi como los diferentes tipos da tareas. Por ultimo, se exponen las principales hipotesis neuropsicologicas sobra las AD. Por un lado, la participacion activa de la corteza prefrontal en las acciones demoradas. Por otro, la implicacion de los clasicos circuitos temporo-mediales relacionados con la memoria declarativa. Palabras...
Frontiers in Psychology
Studies on the social contagion of memory show that it is possible to create false memories from ... more Studies on the social contagion of memory show that it is possible to create false memories from the wrong responses from other people without requiring their physical presence. The current study examined age differences between false memories via the modified social contagion paradigm. Twenty older and twenty younger adults were shown six household scenes and were exposed to the erroneous memory reports of an implied confederate who was not physically present. The presentation time of the scenes and the typicality of the contagion items were manipulated. The participants watched each scene individually and then took turns giving their recall responses with the responses belonging to a fictional participant provided by written cards. The results in a final individual recall test indicated a significant contagion effect in both groups of participants. Additionally, an effect of the typicality of the contagion items was observed, such that the more typical items produced more contagio...