Forgetting the new locations of one's keys: spatial-memory interference in Korsakoff's amnesia. 2018

Albert Postma, and Sascha G Morel, and Margot E Slot, and Erik Oudman, and Roy P C Kessels
Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS, Utrecht, The Netherlands. a.postma@uu.nl.

The present study focused on interference in a group of patients with amnesia due to Korsakoff's syndrome (KS) within the domain of spatial memory. An object-location memory task was used in which participants first learned an array of objects on a computer screen, followed by a reconstruction of the object positions. Next a trial was given in which the same objects were presented only now in different locations. Participants had to place the objects a second time but at the new locations. This was repeated for seven pairs of baseline/interference trials. Both Korsakoff patients and matched controls did worse on the interference trials than on the baseline trials, indicating that it is difficult to relearn new spatial locations for objects that previously were remembered in other locations. When computing relative interference effects (that is the percentage change from baseline in the interference trials), Korsakoff patients were less affected than controls. It is discussed in how far interference depends on the strength of the original memories, which are markedly lower in KS patients.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009483 Neuropsychological Tests Tests designed to assess neurological function associated with certain behaviors. They are used in diagnosing brain dysfunction or damage and central nervous system disorders or injury. Aphasia Tests,Cognitive Test,Cognitive Testing,Cognitive Tests,Memory for Designs Test,Neuropsychological Testing,AX-CPT,Behavioral Assessment of Dysexecutive Syndrome,CANTAB,Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery,Clock Test,Cognitive Function Scanner,Continuous Performance Task,Controlled Oral Word Association Test,Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System,Developmental Neuropsychological Assessment,Hooper Visual Organization Test,NEPSY,Neuropsychologic Tests,Neuropsychological Test,Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test,Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status,Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure,Symbol Digit Modalities Test,Test of Everyday Attention,Test, Neuropsychological,Tests, Neuropsychological,Tower of London Test,Neuropsychologic Test,Test, Cognitive,Testing, Cognitive,Testing, Neuropsychological,Tests, Cognitive
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000425 Alcohol Amnestic Disorder A mental disorder associated with chronic ethanol abuse (ALCOHOLISM) and nutritional deficiencies characterized by short term memory loss, confabulations, and disturbances of attention. (Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p1139) Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Syndrome,Amnestic Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced,Alcohol Amnestic Syndrome,Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Psychosis,Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Psychosis,Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Syndrome,Alcohol-Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder,Alcohol Amnestic Disorders,Alcohol Amnestic Syndromes,Alcohol Induced Amnestic Psychosis,Alcohol Induced Amnestic Syndrome,Alcohol Induced Dysmnesic Psychosis,Alcohol Induced Dysmnesic Syndrome,Alcohol Induced Persisting Amnestic Disorder,Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Psychoses,Alcohol-Induced Amnestic Syndromes,Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Psychoses,Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic Syndromes,Amnestic Disorder, Alcohol,Amnestic Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced,Amnestic Psychosis, Alcohol Induced,Amnestic Syndrome, Alcohol-Induced,Amnestic Syndromes, Alcohol-Induced,Dysmnesic Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced,Dysmnesic Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced,Dysmnesic Syndrome, Alcohol-Induced,Dysmnesic Syndromes, Alcohol-Induced,Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced Amnestic,Psychoses, Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic,Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced Amnestic,Psychosis, Alcohol-Induced Dysmnesic
D000704 Analysis of Variance A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable. ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses
D013028 Space Perception The awareness of the spatial properties of objects; includes physical space. Perception, Space,Perceptions, Space,Space Perceptions
D014706 Verbal Learning Learning to respond verbally to a verbal stimulus cue. Learning, Verbal,Learnings, Verbal,Verbal Learnings

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