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Human memory and the medial temporal region of the brain.

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Corsi, Philip Michael·1972·McGill University
DOI 10.82308/6355
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A clear double dissociation between the effects of left and right temporal-lobe excisions was demonstrated for two identically-designed learning tasks that utilized different memoranda.Patients with left temporal-lobe lesions showed a deficit for the verbal task and normal performance for the non-verbal analogue, whereas the converse was evident for patients with right temporal-lobe lesions.Again, on two formally similar tests of short-term recall with interpolated activity, this same pattern of dissociation was observed for the retention of verbal as compared with non-verbal information.For both pairs of experiments, the severity of the materialspecifie learning and retention deficits was directly related to the extent of surgical encroachment upon the hippocampal zone of the affected hemisphere.These studies implicate the hippocampal region in the crucial transfer of experience from a temporary storage system (primary memory) to more permanent long-term storage (secondary memory)... .

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  • Some widely used individual tests with school-aged children measuring working memory include the Digit Span Tests from the WISC-V, Corsi's block-tapping test, the Dot Matrix within the Automated Working Memory Assessment battery, and the n-back pictorial paradigm.

    “Some of the widely used individual tests with school-aged children measuring WM include the Digit Span Tests (forward and in reverse order) from the WISC-V subtests (Wechsler, 2014). The Corsi’s block-tapping test which is a classical non-verbal test to assess visuospatial WM (Corsi, 1972), the Dot Matrix within the Automated WM Assessment battery (Alloway, 2007), and finally the n-back pictorial”

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Authors
Corsi, P. M.
Affiliations
McGill University (CA)
Corresponding author
Corsi, Philip Michael
Venue
McGill University
Publisher
McGill University
Published
1972
Volume
34
DOI
10.82308/6355
OpenAlex
W13777611
Cited by
1,294
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Type
dissertation
Language
en
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  • eScholarship@McGill (McGill) (submittedVersion)
  • Library and Archives Canada (Government of Canada) (submittedVersion)
  • McGill-DEV
  • Dissertation abstracts international. A. The humanities and social sciences
Funders
  • Medical Research Council Canada
  • Medical Research Council
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords
human memory, medial temporal lobe, hippocampus, hemispheric lateralization, verbal memory, nonverbal memory, short-term recall, memory retention, primary memory, secondary memory, brain lesions

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