Working memory and semantic involvement in sentence processing: a case of pure progressive amnesia.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_242F94F6A356
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Publication sub-type
Case report (case report): feedback on an observation with a short commentary.
Collection
Publications
Title
Working memory and semantic involvement in sentence processing: a case of pure progressive amnesia.
Journal
Neuropsychologia
Author(s)
Fossard M., Rigalleau F., Puel M., Nespoulous J.L., Viallard G., Démonet J.F., Cardebat D.
ISSN
0028-3932 (Print)
ISSN-L
0028-3932
Publication state
Published
Issued date
03/2006
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
44
Number
3
Pages
335-338
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Case Reports ; Journal ArticlePublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
ED, a 83-year-old woman, meets the criteria of pure progressive amnesia, with gradual impairment of episodic and autobiographical memory, sparing of semantic processing and strong working memory (WM) deficit. The dissociation between disturbed WM and spared semantic processing permitted testing the role of WM in processing anaphors like pronouns or repeated names. Results showed a globally normal anaphoric behavior in two experiments requiring anaphoric processing in sentence production and comprehension. We suggest that preserved semantic processing in ED would have compensated for working memory deficit in anaphoric processing.
Keywords
Aged, 80 and over, Amnesia/diagnosis, Amnesia/psychology, Attention, Female, Humans, Memory, Short-Term, Neuropsychological Tests, Phonetics, Reading, Reference Values, Semantics, Verbal Behavior
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Web of science
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