(6) Characteristic eye movement and gaze in Alzheimer disease during visuospatial
sequential working memory task.
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In AIzheimer's Disease(AD), working memory deficit is observed at early
stage, and in this study visuospatial sequential working memory of AD is
tested by our new developed computer soft using touch-panel display. We studied
how to get visual information and use it for doing performance by recoding
eye movement. lt helps us to understand AD working memory deficit and the
point of therapy for AD patients. We used EMR-8(NAC image Technology lnc.)
to record the eye movement and gaze of them and age-matched controls when
they performed the touch-panel computer task which was to touch the colored
cell(3-6 divided) in the same order as it colored on the touch-Panel screen.
AD patient's eye movements were less during cells colored and his gaze was
fixed on the screen point. When he touched the cell, his gaze located out
of the right cell, and his gaze time prolonged more and his eye movements
were less than the control. It suggested that AD patient working memory deficit
was influenced not only his memory loss but also his disorganized gaze control.