What are the active ingredients of successful shared remembering?

老年夫妇在一起的记忆比分开的记忆要多，但人们对这种合作利益背后的机制知之甚少。协作记忆可能对与年龄相关的认知衰退和痴呆具有治疗价值，提供了成本效益高、易于获得的记忆支持。然而，有几种“活性成分”可能构成协作效益的基础，并不是所有这些都同样有效或可转化为治疗。该项目旨在识别和评估这些活性成分，梳理“什么”，“谁”和“如何”。该项目测试了年轻和老年夫妇，健康和处于早期衰退阶段，旨在产生新的知识，并为利用协作记忆的未来治疗提供基础。

Older couples remember more together than apart, but little is known about mechanisms underlying such collaborative benefits. Collaborative remembering may have therapeutic value in age-related cognitive decline and dementia, providing cost-effective, readily-available memory support. However there are several 'active ingredients' that may underlie collaborative benefits and not all of these will be equally effective or translatable into therapy. This project aims to identify and evaluate these active ingredients, teasing apart 'what', 'who' and 'how'. Testing younger and older couples, healthy and in early stages of decline, this project aims to generate new knowledge and provide a basis for future therapies utilising collaborative remembering.