Verbal and spatial memory span in patients with extrapyramidal diseases.
Spatial span (Corsi's block-tapping test) and verbal span (Wechsler's Digits Forward test) were measured in 651 normal subjects and in three groups of extrapyramidal patients (Progressive supranuclear palsy, Parkinson, and Huntington's Chorea). Analysis showed Huntington's Chorea patients scored lower on both tests than did controls and other groups.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006816:Huntington Disease / Q000523:psychology; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009949:Orientation; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000523:psychology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013028:Space Perception; D013494:Supranuclear Palsy, Progressive / Q000523:psychology; D014706:Verbal Learning