51. Mere exposure effect can be elicited in transient global amnesia.
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Marin-Garcia E, Ruiz-Vargas JM, and Kapur N
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- Aged, Association Learning, Case-Control Studies, Face, Female, Humans, Male, Mental Recall physiology, Middle Aged, Neuropsychological Tests, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Amnesia, Transient Global physiopathology, Amnesia, Transient Global psychology, Recognition, Psychology physiology
- Abstract
Transient global amnesia (TGA) is one of the most severe forms of anterograde amnesia seen in clinical practice, yet patients may show evidence of spared learning during the amnesic episode. The scope of spared learning in such a severe form of amnesia remains uncertain, and it is also unclear whether findings from single-case studies hold up in group studies of TGA patients. In this group study, we found evidence that extended the domain of spared learning in TGA to include the mere exposure effect, whereby enhanced preference is primed by prior exposure to stimuli. We demonstrate this effect during an acute episode in a group of TGA patients, where they showed enhanced preference for previously exposed faces, despite markedly impaired performance on standard anterograde memory tests.
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- 2013
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