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- The study compares acute memory performance in 26 patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) to 26 healthy controls, focusing on various types of memory and cognitive functions.
- Results showed that MTBI patients had lower performance on episodic memory tasks and exhibited deficits in tasks measuring visuospatial processing and executive function.
- The findings suggest that the impaired memory performance in MTBI patients, especially for complex stimuli, may stem from dysfunction in the strategic aspects of memory processing.
Article Abstract
The study examines acute, material-specific secondary memory performance in 26 patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and 26 healthy controls, matched on demographic variables and indexes of crystallized intelligence. Neuropsychological tests were used to evaluate primary and secondary memory, executive functions, and verbal fluency. Participants were also tested on episodic memory tasks involving words, pseudowords, pictures of common objects, and abstract kaleidoscopic images. Patients showed reduced performance on episodic memory measures, and on tasks associated with visuospatial processing and executive function (Trail Making Test part B, semantic fluency). Significant differences between groups were also noted for correct rejections and response bias on the kaleidoscope task. MTBI patients' reduced performance on memory tasks for complex, abstract stimuli can be attributed to a dysfunction in the strategic component of memory process.
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