1. Implicit and Explicit Memory following Surgical Anesthesia
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S. E. Behr, John F. Kihlstrom, Randall C. Cork, Daniel L. Schacter, and Catherine A. Hurt
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Cued recall ,Matched control ,05 social sciences ,050109 social psychology ,050105 experimental psychology ,Task (project management) ,Free recall ,Isoflurane ,Anesthesia ,medicine ,Explicit memory ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Surgical anesthesia ,Psychology ,General Psychology ,Surgical patients ,medicine.drug - Abstract
Paired associates were presented to 25 surgical patients following the induction of anesthesia by thiopental, vecuronium, and isoflurane. Postoperative testing (immediately or after two weeks) showed no free recall for the list; nor was there significant cued recall or recognition, compared to a matched control list. However, a free-association task showed a significant priming effect on both immediate and delayed trials. At least under some conditions, adequate surgical anesthesia appears to abolish explicit, but not implicit, memory for intraoperative events.
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- 1990
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