Reduced phonological similarity effects in patients with damage to the cerebellum.

نویسندگان

  • Timothy Justus
  • Susan M Ravizza
  • Julie A Fiez
  • Richard B Ivry
چکیده

Ten cerebellar patients were compared to 10 control subjects on a verbal working memory task in which the phonological similarity of the words to be remembered and their modality of presentation were manipulated. Cerebellar patients demonstrated a reduction of the phonological similarity effect relative to controls. Further, this reduction did not depend systematically upon the presentation modality. These results first document that qualitative differences in verbal working memory may be observed following cerebellar damage, indicating altered cognitive processing, even though behavioral output as measured by the digit span may be within normal limits. However, the results also present problems for the hypothesis that the cerebellar role is specifically associated with articulatory rehearsal as conceptualized in the Baddeley-Hitch model of working memory.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Brain and language

دوره 95 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005