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A Dissociation between Perceptual Explicit and Implicit Memory Processes
- Source :
- Brain and Cognition; October 1997, Vol. 35 Issue: 1 p42-57, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- Patient M.S., who underwent right-occipital lobe resection to treat intractable epilepsy, has intact recall and recognition memory for words, but impaired repetition priming in word identification and visual stem-completion tasks. This mirror dissociation to amnesia suggests that explicit recognition and visuoperceptual repetition priming are mediated by distinct neural systems. In prior studies, however, M.S.' recognition memory was tested only with tasks that drew upon his intact verbal knowledge. The present study examined M.S.' recognition memory for nonverbal perceptual information, namely, the modality and font of word presentation and line patterns. M.S.' recognition memory was intact, providing further evidence that perceptual explicit and implicit memory processes are subserved by functionally and neurally independent memory systems.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02782626 and 10902147
- Volume :
- 35
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Brain and Cognition
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs766492
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1006/brcg.1997.0926