title: Implicit memory tested in children during inhalation anaesthesia.
abstract: Memory for stimuli presented during inhalation anaesthesia was tested in 80 children undergoing eye surgery. Two groups were exposed, in a random double-blind study, to repeated neutral phrases including either the colour orange or green. A postoperative colouring task was used as a test of implicit memory to detect any preference for the colour named under anaesthesia. No colour preference attributable to implicit memory could be demonstrated. One patient had a distinct preference for the named colour. No patient remembered any intra-operative events.
authors.affiliation: Erasmus University, Rotterdam.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bonke
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Van Dam
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Van Kleff
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Slijper
mesh_terms: D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003116:Color; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D013404:Suggestion; D013997:Time Factors