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Procedural learning is impaired in Huntington's disease: Evidence from the serial reaction time task

Knopman, David, Nissen, Mary Jo·1991·Neuropsychologia

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to test the hypothesis that Huntington's disease (HD) is associated with impairment of procedural learning. We identified 13 patients with mild to moderate HD whose manual performance was still sufficiently intact to assess learning on the serial reaction time (SRT) task. Twelve age-matched neurologically normal control subjects were studied as well. The SRT task was a four-choice reaction time task in which the stimuli followed a sequence (10 items in length) which repeated itself 10 times during each of the first four blocks of trials. During the fifth block of trials, the stimuli were random. Learning was manifested by a reduction in response latency over the first four blocks and an increase in response latency in the fifth (random) block. Learning in this task has been demonstrated in other amnesics of other etiologies. The HD patients were significantly impaired on sequence-specific learning, using the log-transformed reaction time data (P less than 0.004). In addition, in an individual-by-individual analysis, five of the HD patients and none of the control subjects failed to show sequence-specific learning, a difference in proportions that was significant (P less than 0.04). No feature of the standard cognitive or motor assessment of the HD patients was associated with efficacy of procedural learning. HD, including patients with mild disease, was associated with a deficit in procedural learning, consistent with the hypothesis that the stria…

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Authors
Knopman, D., & Nissen, M. J.
Affiliations
University of Minnesota (US)
Corresponding author
Knopman, David
Venue
Neuropsychologia
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1991-01
Volume
29
Issue
3
Pages
245-254
ISSN
0028-3932 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W1989921507
Cited by
377
References
32
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.83
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Neuropsychologia (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Motor Control and Adaptation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
Keywords
Huntington's disease, procedural learning, serial reaction time task, striatum, reaction time, amnesia
MeSH terms
Adult, Amnesia, Female, Humans, Huntington Disease, Learning, Male, Psychological Tests, Reaction Time

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