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Dissociations between Spatial and Temporal Order Memory: A Neuropsychological Patient Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2017

Neeltje Kant ,
Martine J.E. van Zandvoort ,
Esther van den Berg ,
Catharina J.M. Frijns ,
L. Jaap Kappelle  and
Albert Postma
Neeltje Kant*
Affiliation:
Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Langeveld Building, Utrecht, The Netherlands Nieuw Unicum, Zandvoort, The Netherlands
Martine J.E. van Zandvoort
Affiliation:
Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Langeveld Building, Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Esther van den Berg
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Catharina J.M. Frijns
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
L. Jaap Kappelle
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Albert Postma
Affiliation:
Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Langeveld Building, Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
*
Correspondence and reprint requests to: Neeltje Kant, Heidelberglaan 1, NL-3584 CS Utrecht, The Netherlands. E-mail: n.kant@uu.nl
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Abstract

Objectives: In complex real life situations, memories for temporal and spatial information are naturally linked since sequential events coincide in time and space. Whether this connection is inseparable or instead whether these processes are functionally dissociable was investigated in this patient study. Methods: Spatial object-location and temporal order memory tasks were administered to 36 stroke patients and 44 healthy control participants. Results: On group level, patients with a stroke in the left hemisphere performed worse on temporal order memory, compared to the control participants. On individual level, using a multiple case-study approach, a clear pattern of dissociations was found between memory for temporal and for spatial features. Conclusions: These findings indicate that location and temporal order memory contain functionally separable processes. This adds to our understanding of how context information is processed in human memory. (JINS, 2017, 23, 421–430)

Keywords

StrokeContext memorySpatialTemporal orderLateralityDissociations
Type
Research Articles
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , May 2017 , pp. 421 - 430
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Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2017 

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