Response bias in Korsakoff's syndrome.
The contribution of response bias to the amnesia of Korsakoff's syndrome was studied. Ten Korsakoff patients and ten alcoholic controls were asked for confidence ratings in a recognition memory task. Parametric signal detection measures (d', Cx) were considered appropriate. Korsakoff subjects displayed a more cautious response bias to patterns than did alcoholics.
D000425:Alcohol Amnestic Disorder / Q000523:psychology*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual