Naslov
Changes in short-term memory processes in patients with multiple sclerosis

Autori
Jančuljak, Davor ; Mubrin, Zdenko ; Brzovic, Zdravko ; Brinar, Vesna ; Barac, Boško ; Palić, Josip ; Spilich, George

Izvornik
European journal of neurology (1351-5101) 6 (1999), 6; 663-668

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
cognition; short-term memory; reaction time; multiple sclerosis; Sternberg task

Sažetak
In this study we compared the perfomance of 39 MS patients with 28 age-, sex- and education-matched controls on both the Mini-Mental State Examination, a global cognitive assessment tool, and the Sternberg Short-Term memory scanning task, a standardized test of short-term memory (STM) processes. While the STM span of our MS patients did not differ from that of our controls, STM scanning time of the MS group was reliably slower than that of the controls and a significant correlation was observed between STM scanning time and duration but not severity of illness. Our results suggest that processing stages other than the manipulation of data within the STM buffer are also affected by MS.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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