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Olfaction in Korsakoffs, alcoholics and normals
Author(s) -
Gregson Robert A. M.,
Free Michael L.,
Abbott Max W.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0144-6657
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1981.tb00489.x
Subject(s) - psychology , recall , anosmia , olfaction , audiology , set (abstract data type) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , medicine , disease , covid-19 , computer science , infectious disease (medical specialty) , programming language
Samples of 12 hospitalized Korsakoffs, 12 hospitalized non‐Korsakoff alcoholics, and 12 controls, all groups being of comparable age range, were tested using a set of seven visual and olfactory measures which involved memory. By stepwise multiple discriminant analysis it was shown that strong separation could be effected between the three groups, solely on the basis of the olfactory recognition and recall tests, which included the Campbell–Gregson (1972) procedure. The use of anosmia as a diagnostic indicator for Korsakoff's syndrome is discussed.