TY - JOUR
T1 - Preliminary study of working memory in children with stroke related to sickle cell disease
AU - White, Desirée A.
AU - Salorio, Cynthia F.
AU - Schatz, Jeffery
AU - DeBaun, Michael
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - The verbal working memory abilities of children with stroke related to sickle cell disease (SCD) (n = 20) were compared to those of control children with SCD who had no history of stroke (n = 11). Memory span for one-, two-, and three-syllable words was assessed. For children with anterior infarcts, overall span was comparable to that of controls, but the typical effect of word length on span was reduced. For children with diffuse infarcts, overall span was reduced in comparison to that of controls, but the typical effect of word length on span was observed. For children with posterior infarcts, overall span was comparable to that of controls and the typical effect of word length on span was observed. These results provide preliminary evidence that patterns of working memory performance may vary across children with infarcts affecting different regions of the brain.
AB - The verbal working memory abilities of children with stroke related to sickle cell disease (SCD) (n = 20) were compared to those of control children with SCD who had no history of stroke (n = 11). Memory span for one-, two-, and three-syllable words was assessed. For children with anterior infarcts, overall span was comparable to that of controls, but the typical effect of word length on span was reduced. For children with diffuse infarcts, overall span was reduced in comparison to that of controls, but the typical effect of word length on span was observed. For children with posterior infarcts, overall span was comparable to that of controls and the typical effect of word length on span was observed. These results provide preliminary evidence that patterns of working memory performance may vary across children with infarcts affecting different regions of the brain.
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U2 - 10.1076/1380-3395(200004)22:2;1-1;FT257
DO - 10.1076/1380-3395(200004)22:2;1-1;FT257
M3 - Article
C2 - 10779839
AN - SCOPUS:0034110746
SN - 1380-3395
VL - 22
SP - 257
EP - 264
JO - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
JF - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
IS - 2
ER -