Left hemisphere damage and selective impairment of auditory verbal short-term memory. A case study

Misperception in sentences but not in words: Speech perception and the phonological buffer

“…Regarding the properties of the phonological buffer, we have documented two relatively pure cases of phonological buffer impairment, in the absence of phonological decoding deficit. This confirms findings from previous studies in which patients with verbal working-memory deficits show no phonemic disorder and demonstrates that the phonological buffer can be selectively damaged without phonological decoding impairment (Basso, Spinnler, Vallar, & Zanobio, 1982;Berndt & Mitchum, 1990;Howard & Nickels, 2005;Martin & Breedin, 1992;Martin, Breedin, & Damian, 1999a;Vallar & Baddeley, 1984a). Further, we have suggested that A.T. and F.L.…”

Visuo-spatial Working Memory

“…She underwent a detailed neuropsychological study which provided evidence for a defective auditory verbal STS (Basso, Spinnler, Vallar and Zanobio, 1982). The findings were as follows:…”

Repetition learning in the immediate serial recall of visual and auditory materials.

“…This has led some people, most notably Jones and colleagues in the context of their O-OER (Object-Oriented Episodic Record) model, to propose a unitary, amodal, ordered store which is involved in a functionally equivalent fashion in the retention of auditory, visual and spatial sequences (Jones, Farrand, Stuart & Morris, 1995;Macken & Jones, 1995). It is difficult, however, to reconcile this position either with the patterns of Hebb repetition learning 7 interaction seen in the data (see Larsen and Baddeley, 2003, and the accompanying discussion, for much more on this issue) or with the dissociations seen in the neuropsychological literature (Basso, Spinnler, Vallar, & Zanobio, 1982;Hanley, Young, & Pearson, 1991;de Renzi & Nichelli, 1975;Trojano & Grossi, 1995;Warrington & Shallice, 1969).…”