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Art and Alzheimer-type dementia — a longitudinal study
Author(s)	Lauren S Seifert, Melinda K Baker
Journal title	Clinical Gerontologist, vol 26, nos 1/2, 2002
Pages	pp 3-16
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Dementia ; Handicrafts ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	Non-artists with Alzheimer-type dementia created pictures as part of a twice weekly activities programme. Collages were made by residents of a long-term care facility in the Midwest US, and were analysed for compositional complexity and asymmetry over the course of a three-year project. As indicated by a repeated-measures ANOVA, asymmetry did not change significantly with practice, but complexity did. Mean pictorial complexity was lower during later sessions than earlier ones. Mean asymmetry was not influenced by number of sessions (or time) in a generalisable fashion. Implications of the project for understanding the artwork of people with dementia are discussed. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030516205 A
Classmark	EA: HD: 3J: 7T
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