Impairments in prospective and retrospective memory following stroke.
Prospective memory (PM) is the ability to carry out a planned intention at a future time. We studied PM deficits in a group of community-dwelling stroke survivors compared with normal controls. Twelve stroke patients and 12 matched controls performed a series of tests assessing executive function, prospective (PM) and retrospective memory (RM). Patients performed less well than controls on laboratory measures of PM and associative RM; they also showed deficits on standard tests of RM and executive control. The groups did not differ on more structured clinical measures of executive function, RM, PM or self-rated PM and RM. The results are discussed in terms of an impairment in the ability to 'self-initiate' effortful cognitive processes.
Kim
Hyun Jung
HJ
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Eulji General Hospital, Eulji University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Craik
Fergus I M
FI
Luo
Lin
L
Ween
Jon Erik
JE
D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D020521:Stroke / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires