Agent-based Memory Prosthesis to Encourage Reminiscing (AMPER)

由于战后婴儿潮时期的人口和预期寿命的增加，老年群体是人口增长最快的部分。在老龄化人群中，包括阿尔茨海默病(AD)和其他痴呆症在内的神经系统变化是常见的。由于沟通问题和信心丧失，AD患者往往会变得孤僻和抑郁。然而，阿尔茨海默病患者的记忆丧失是以相反的时间顺序发生的，因此即使在疾病进展的过程中，长期记忆的口袋仍然可以访问。安珀的主要技术挑战是开发一种具有新颖的类似人类的自传体记忆模型的代理，该模型讲述故事，鼓励在现实世界的社会背景下使用个性化的生活经验储存库进行回忆。安珀将对AD患者及其护理人员应用以用户为中心的设计，以创建这样的代理。这将为个性化的回忆进行护理者辅助的干预，讲故事，并将大脑中仍然有效的区域的记忆带到表面。该项目将收集与时代相关和与个人相关的多媒体材料，这些材料由代理人的自传记忆组织和重新组织。它将测试图形化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使个人能够重温事件的“自我”的反映。通过建立一座通往独特生活经历的技术桥梁并帮助回忆，AD个人的价值感、重要性和归属感可能会得到恢复。该项目旨在创造一种有意义的技术，既可以访问，也可以响应个人不断变化的需求和体验。该项目将与已经参与回忆支持的慈善机构运动记忆合作，与NHS苏格兰神经进行性和痴呆症网络、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，组成其指导委员会。痴呆症预防中心的合作伙伴克雷格·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 AD patients tend to become withdrawn and depressed due to communication problems and loss of confidence.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.