The Use of a Wearable Camera, SenseCam, as a Pictorial Diary to Improve Autobiographical Memory in a Patient with Severe Memory Impairment

  • Emma Berry ,
  • Georgina Browne ,
  • Narinder Kapur ,
  • Steve Hodges ,
  • Gavin Smyth ,
  • Lyndsay Williams ,
  • Martin Conway ,
  • Ken Wood

Presentation at the Memories for Life Colloquium: the future of our pasts, British Library Conference Centre, London, December 2006

Results from patient’s point of view:

  • ‘It has enormous potential as a memory aid and has been a great success for us personally’
  • More relaxed socially and less anxious
  • Sharing experiences again was a ‘sheer pleasure’
  • Seeing images brings memories ‘flooding back