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Personal narratives were collected from a group of participants with probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) and their spouses in two conditions. First, solo narratives were elicited from the participants with AD and their spouses separately and then joint narratives were elicited from each dyad. The analysis compared the ability of participants with AD to spontaneously provide settings, participants, and episodes in their solo narratives to their ability to supply this information when prompted by their spouses during collaborative storytelling. The spouses were able to elicit many details about the significant events of their partners’ lives by prompting for story constituents.
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