Aetiological variation in the amnesic syndrome: comparisons using the Brown-Peterson task
| Autor: | Alan J. Parkin, Nicholas R.C. Leng |
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| Rok vydání: | 1989 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Cognitive Neuroscience Amnesia Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Audiology Neuropsychological Tests behavioral disciplines and activities Brown–Peterson task Temporal lobe Task (project management) Developmental psychology Alcohol Amnestic Disorder medicine Humans Brain Diseases Memoria Syndrome Temporal Lobe Contraceptives Oral Combined Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Variation (linguistics) Memory Short-Term Etiology Distributed Practice medicine.symptom Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior. 25(2) |
| ISSN: | 0010-9452 |
| Popis: | This study examined the performance of temporal lobe and Korsakoff amnesic patients on two versions of the Brown-Peterson task. One version involved trials with distractor intervals ranging from three to 60 second. The other investigated the effects of massed versus distributed practice with a constant nine-second retention interval. Korsakoff patients produced significantly poorer performance on both versions of the task. Further analyses indicated that impaired Brown-Peterson performance was correlated with frontal dysfunction but not with the severity of the memory deficit. Previous inconsistencies concerning the performance of amnesic patients on the Brown-Peterson task are considered. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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