title: Immediate and delayed visual memory and recognition in patients with panic disorders.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In Panic Disorder (PD) both somatic and cognitive symptoms occur. Cognitive functions which may be involved with anxiety and maladaptive cognition such as e.g. attention, memory and perception might be decreased.
  
  
  METHODS
  Within the preliminary studies eleven patients diagnosed with panic disorder (DSM-IV-TR), and nine healthy controls were studied. The severity of disorder was measured by the Panic and Agoraphobia Scale. To assess working memory Delayed Match to Sample (DMS) with CANTAB (Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery) was used.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Percent of correct answers was significantly different in both groups in delayed visual memory and recognition test. In the control group results were higher (M=92.22) than in the experimental group (86.06).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  PD is associated with impaired performance on a DMS task that requires the stable maintenance of representations in working memory.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Gdańsk, Dębinki 7 st. build. 25, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland, alicja.raczak@gumed.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raczak
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jakuszkowiak-Wojten
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gałuszko-Węgielnik
authors.forename: Wiesław Jerzy
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Cubała
authors.forename: Mariusz Stanisław
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wiglusz
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Herstowska
authors.forename: Jerzy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Landowski
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008570:Memory, Short-Term / Q000502:physiology; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D014796:Visual Perception / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult