Memory disorders in aphasia--I. Auditory immediate recall.
Vascular lesions within the territory of the left middle cerebral artery were identified by CT scans for 28 aphasic adults. When damage involved parts of Heschl's, middle temporal and superior temporal gyri or the inferior parietal lobule, immediate recall of binary sequences of either digits or tones was only 3 +/- 1 bits. Lesions to various loci were identified with primacy, recency, transposition, and isolated errors. The discussion considers various neural mechanisms subserving auditory immediate recall.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology