TY - JOUR
T1 - Material-specific memory in traumatic brain injury
T2 - Differential effects during acquisition, recall, and retention
AU - Vanderploeg, Rodney D.
AU - Curtiss, Glenn
AU - Schinka, John A.
AU - Lanham, Richard A.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Material-specific memory refers to the ability to learn and recall new episodic information on the basis of the nature of the stimulus material (e.g., verbal vs. nonverbal-visuospatial). Structural equation modeling was used to analyze data from a sample of patients with traumatic brain injury to compare 3 models of memory functioning: material-specific, material-specific plus general, and general (non-material-specific). The models were examined separately for acquisition, delayed free recall, and retention aspects of memory. Results suggest that, at least in a population with traumatic brain injury, the acquisition of new information takes place in a material-specific memory fashion, delayed free recall involves both material-specific and general (non-material-specific) memory components, but retention relies primarily on general (non-material-specific) memory processes.
AB - Material-specific memory refers to the ability to learn and recall new episodic information on the basis of the nature of the stimulus material (e.g., verbal vs. nonverbal-visuospatial). Structural equation modeling was used to analyze data from a sample of patients with traumatic brain injury to compare 3 models of memory functioning: material-specific, material-specific plus general, and general (non-material-specific). The models were examined separately for acquisition, delayed free recall, and retention aspects of memory. Results suggest that, at least in a population with traumatic brain injury, the acquisition of new information takes place in a material-specific memory fashion, delayed free recall involves both material-specific and general (non-material-specific) memory components, but retention relies primarily on general (non-material-specific) memory processes.
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U2 - 10.1037/0894-4105.15.2.174
DO - 10.1037/0894-4105.15.2.174
M3 - Article
C2 - 11324861
AN - SCOPUS:0034838025
SN - 0894-4105
VL - 15
SP - 174
EP - 184
JO - Neuropsychology
JF - Neuropsychology
IS - 2
ER -