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2013;30 (2): 77-109.

Short-term memory, working memory, and syntactic comprehension in aphasia.

David Caplan, Jennifer Michaud, Rebecca Hufford
Author Information
  1. David Caplan: Neuropsychology Laboratory, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. dcaplan@partners.org
PMID: 23865692 DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2013.803958

Abstract

Sixty-one people with aphasia were tested on 10 tests of short-term memory (STM) and for the ability to use syntactic structure to determine the meanings of 11 types of sentences in three tasks-object manipulation, picture matching, and picture matching with self-paced listening. Multilevel models showed relationships between measures of the ability to retain and manipulate item and order information in STM and accuracy and reaction time (RT), and a greater relationship between these STM measures and accuracy and RT for several more complex sentence types in individual tasks. There were no effects of measures of STM that reflect the use of phonological codes or rehearsal on comprehension. There was only one effect of STM measures on self-paced listening times. There were double dissociations between performance on STM and individual comprehension tasks, indicating that normal STM is not necessary to perform normally on these tasks. The results are most easily related to the view that STM plays a facilitatory role in supporting the use of the products of the comprehension process to accomplish operations related to tasks.

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Grants

  1. R01 DC000942/NIDCD NIH HHS
  2. DC00942/NIDCD NIH HHS

MeSH Term

Acoustic Stimulation
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aphasia
Case-Control Studies
Comprehension
Female
Humans
Language
Learning
Linguistics
Male
Memory, Short-Term
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Photic Stimulation
Reaction Time
Journal Article Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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