title: The recall of prose as a function of importance following closed head injury.
abstract: Closed head injury (CHI) results in significant memory dysfunction. Although the disabling aspects of memory impairment after CHI have been recognized, little attention has been focused on the theoretical nature of these memory problems. A means of examining semantic sensitivity to the importance of the ideas presented in the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised Logical Memory subtest was developed. Subjects with CHI were sensitive to the semantic structure of the stories, but lost more important information at a faster rate than controls. Differences in recall, dependent on the passage, suggested that the two stories in the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised are not equivalent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Haut
authors.forename: T V
authors.initials: TV
authors.lastname: Petros
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Frank
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012660:Semantics; D013067:Speech Perception; D014706:Verbal Learning; D014888:Wechsler Scales