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Autobiographical memory in progressive supranuclear palsy
Author(s) -
Zarei M.,
Pouretemad H. R.,
Bak T.,
Hodges J. R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
european journal of neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.881
H-Index - 124
eISSN - 1468-1331
pISSN - 1351-5101
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02777.x
Subject(s) - autobiographical memory , progressive supranuclear palsy , recall , verbal fluency test , fluency , cognitive psychology , neuropsychology , audiology , medicine , episodic memory , psychology , cognition , psychiatry , disease , mathematics education
Background: We aimed to investigate recall of autobiographical memories across lifetime periods in patients with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). Method: Patients with PSP ( n = 10) were given a test of autobiographical and personal semantic information and the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination (ACE). The result was compared to 30 matched neurologically intact participants. Result: A mild autobiographical memory impairment was observed in PSP without a temporal gradient for the recall of autobiographical or personal semantic information. Performance correlated with verbal fluency in ACE. Conclusion: Patients with PSP show mild deficits in autobiographical memory, which is likely to reflect a frontal retrieval deficit.