?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Normal+mere+exposure+effect+with+impaired+recognition+in+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+disease.&rft.creator=Adam%2C+A&rft.creator=Willems%2C+S&rft.creator=Van+der+Linden%2C+M&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.description=We+investigated+the+mere+exposure+effect+and+the+explicit+memory+in+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+disease+(AD)+patients+and+elderly+control+subjects%2C+using+unfamiliar+faces.+During+the+exposure+phase%2C+the+subjects+estimated+the+age+of+briefly+flashed+faces.+The+mere+exposure+effect+was+examined+by+presenting+pairs+of+faces+(old+and+new)+and+asking+participants+to+select+the+face+they+liked.+The+participants+were+then+presented+with+a+forced-choice+explicit+recognition+task.+Controls+subjects+exhibited+above-chance+preference+and+recognition+scores+for+old+faces.+The+AD+patients+also+showed+the+mere+exposure+effect+but+no+explicit+recognition.+These+results+suggest+that+the+processes+involved+in+the+mere+exposure+effect+are+preserved+in+AD+patients+despite+their+impaired+explicit+recognition.+The+results+are+discussed+in+terms+of+Seamon+et+al.%E2%80%99s+proposal+(1995)+that+processes+involved+in+the+mere+exposure+effect+are+equivalent+to+those+subserving+perceptual+priming.+These+processes+would+depend+on+extrastriate+areas+which+are+relatively+preserved+in+AD+patients.+&rft.publisher=Masson&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3716%2F1%2Fcortex.pdf&rft.identifier=++Adam%2C+A+and+Willems%2C+S+and+Van+der+Linden%2C+M++(2002)+Normal+mere+exposure+effect+with+impaired+recognition+in+Alzheimer%E2%80%99s+disease.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F3716%2F