title: Learning and forgetting during posttraumatic amnesia in head injured patients.
abstract: To investigate forgetting during recovery from head injury, colour slides were initially projected for long durations to ensure acquisition on a recognition test given 10 minutes later. Patients tested during posttraumatic amnesia (PTA) exhibited accelerated forgetting over 32 hours as compared with head trauma patients studied after the period of PTA and normal controls.
authors.affiliation: University of Texas Medical Branch, Division of Neurosurgery, Galveston 77550.
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Levin
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: High
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000523:psychology*; D001288:Attention; D001924:Brain Concussion / Q000523:psychology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology*; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000523:psychology; D003128:Coma / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D012153:Retention, Psychology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000293:injuries; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000523:psychology