| Autor: |
Stefanova, Elka D., Kostic, Vladimir S., Ziropadja, Ljubomir, Markovic, Milan, Ocic, Gordana |
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Journal of Clinical & Experimental Neuropsychology; Aug2002, Vol. 24 Issue 5, p687, 8p |
| Abstrakt: |
Ruptured and repaired Anterior Communicating Artery (ACoA) aneurysm canresult in devastating impairments involving memory, executive function, confabulation,and personality changes. This study tested serial position learning effects(SPEs) in patients following repaired and ruptured ACoA aneurysm, using resultson the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT). Thirty patients with rupturedaneurysms of the ACoA and 31 matched controls were included in the study.The primacy-recency effects were maintained during five learning trials inACoA group, albeit at an overall lower level than in the controls. There wasno difference in primacy-recency relation across five learning trials in ACoAgroup. On the delayed recall trial the patient group demonstrated neithera primacy, nor a recency phenomenon, reflecting a lack of recall of any partsof the word list. This kind of primacy-recency profile across learning trialsin ACoA group has no similarity with SPE results in frontal lesion groups,or with SPE distributions in other amnesic disorders, despite the fact thatmemory and executive deficits were evident in our ACoA group. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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