Agent-based Memory Prosthesis to Encourage Reminiscing (AMPER)

由于战后婴儿潮人口和预期寿命的增加，老年群体是人口中增长最快的部分。神经系统的变化通常在老年人群中观察到，包括阿尔茨海默病（AD）和其他痴呆症。AD患者往往会因为沟通问题和信心丧失而变得孤僻和抑郁。然而，AD患者的记忆丧失是以相反的时间顺序发生的，因此即使疾病进展，长期记忆的口袋仍然可以访问。AMPER的主要技术挑战是开发一种具有新颖的类人自传体记忆模型的智能体，该模型在现实世界的社会背景下使用个性化的生活经验库来讲述故事以鼓励回忆。AMPER将应用以用户为中心的设计与AD个人和他们的照顾者创建这样一个代理。这将执行护理人员辅助干预，用于个性化回忆，讲故事并将驻留在大脑仍然可行的区域中的记忆带到表面。该项目将收集世代相关和个人相关的多媒体材料组织和重组代理人的自传体记忆。它将测试图形和桌面机器人代理的可接受性和有效性。自传体记忆提供了一个“自我”的反映，使个人能够重温一个事件。通过建立一个独特的生活经验和帮助回忆的技术桥梁，AD个人的价值感，重要性和归属感可以恢复。该项目旨在创造一种有意义的技术，这种技术既可以使用，又能响应个人不断变化的需求和经验。该项目将与已经参与回忆支持的慈善机构Sporting Memories合作，与NHS苏格兰神经进步和痴呆症网络，爱丁堡大学痴呆症预防中心和拉丁美洲痴呆症研究网络合作，形成其指导委员会。痴呆症预防中心合作伙伴的克雷格里奇也将引入苏格兰痴呆症研究联盟和苏格兰脑健康作为指导委员会成员。

Older age groups are the fastest growing sector of the population because of the post-war baby boom population and increased life expectancy. Neurological changes are commonly observed in ageing populations including Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and other dementias. AD patients tend to become withdrawn and depressed due to communication problems and loss of confidence. However memory loss in people with AD occurs in reverse chronological order so that pockets of long-term memory remain accessible even as the disease progresses. AMPER's main technological challenge is the development of an agent with a novel human-like autobiographical memory model that tells stories to encourage reminiscing using individualised repositories of life experiences in real-world social contexts. AMPER will apply user-centred design with AD individuals and their carers to create such an agent. This will perform a carer-assisted intervention for personalised reminiscence, telling stories and bringing to the surface memories residing in the still viable regions of the brain. The project will collect both generationally relevant and personally relevant multi-media materials organised and reorganised by the agent's autobiographical memory. It will test the acceptability and effectiveness of both graphical and table-top robot agents.Autobiographical memory provides a reflection of "self" enabling an individual to relive an event. By building a technological bridge to unique life experiences and aiding recollection, an AD individual's sense of value, importance and belonging may be restored. The project aims to create a meaningful technology that is accessible as well as responsive to an individual's changing needs and experiences. The project will work with the charity Sporting Memories, already involved in reminiscence support, with the NHS Scotland Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network, the University of Edinburgh Centre for Dementia Prevention, and the Latin American Network for Dementia Research, forming its Steering Committee. Craig Ritchie, of the Centre for Dementia Prevention partner, will also bring in Scottish Dementia Research Consortium and Brain Health Scotland as Steering Committee members.