Recall and recognition memory in amnesia: Patients with hippocampal, medial temporal, temporal lobe or frontal pathology

Kopelman, Michael; Bright, Peter; Buckman, Joseph; Fradera, Alex; Yoshimasu, Haruo; Jacobson, Clare E.; Colchester, Alan C. F.

doi:10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2006.10.005

“…In consideration of this alternative, it is important to note that damage to frontal and hippocampal regions is associated with greater recall than recognition deficits in LTM tasks; reviewed in (Aggleton & Brown, 1999;Aggleton & Shaw, 1996;Mayes et al, 2007;Skinner & Fernandes, 2007), or less frequently, with equivalent recall and recognition deficits (Haist et al, 1992;Kopelman et al, 2007;Kopelman & Stanhope, 1998;Manns et al, 2003;Manns & Squire, 1999;Stark & Squire, 2003), the opposite of the present findings. We found one neuropsychological report of the opposite finding, impaired recognition and preserved recall, in a single patient with extensive frontal damage (DelbecqDerouesne, Beauvois, & Shallice, 1990).…”

Section: Generality Of Findingsmentioning

confidence: 45%

“…Normal adults typically exhibit recall performance that is inferior to recognition performance (Hollingworth, 1913). This performance differential is exaggerated by damage to the prefrontal cortex or medial temporal lobes (reviewed in Aggleton & Brown, 1999;Aggleton & Shaw, 1996;Brown & Aggleton, 2001;Mayes, Montaldi, & Migo, 2007;Skinner & Fernandes, 2007;Turner, Cipolotti, Yousry, & Shallice, 2007; but see Haist, Shimamura, & Squire, 1992;Kopelman et al, 2007;Kopelman & Stanhope, 1998;Manns, Hopkins, Reed, Kitchener, & Squire, 2003;Manns & Squire, 1999;Stark & Squire, 2003). These findings have fostered an empirical and theoretical debate about the role of different brain regions in different forms of recollection.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The right parietal lobe is critical for visual working memory

Berryhill

¹

,

Olson

²

2008

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Neuroimaging evidence suggests that the parietal lobe has an important role in memory retrieval, yet neuropsychology is largely silent on this topic. Recently, we reported that unilateral parietal lobe damage impairs various forms of visual working memory when tested by old/new recognition. Here, we investigate whether parietal lobe working memory deficits are linked to problems at retrieval. We tested two patients with bilateral parietal lobe damage in a series of visual working memory tasks that probed recall and old/new recognition. Stimuli were presented sequentially and several stimulus categories were tested. The results of these experiments show that parietal lobe damage disproportionately impairs old/new recognition as compared to cued recall across stimulus categories. The observed performance dissociation suggests that the posterior parietal lobe plays a particularly vital role in working memory retrieval.

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“…In consideration of this alternative, it is important to note that damage to frontal and hippocampal regions is associated with greater recall than recognition deficits in LTM tasks; reviewed in (Aggleton & Brown, 1999;Aggleton & Shaw, 1996;Mayes et al, 2007;Skinner & Fernandes, 2007), or less frequently, with equivalent recall and recognition deficits (Haist et al, 1992;Kopelman et al, 2007;Kopelman & Stanhope, 1998;Manns et al, 2003;Manns & Squire, 1999;Stark & Squire, 2003), the opposite of the present findings. We found one neuropsychological report of the opposite finding, impaired recognition and preserved recall, in a single patient with extensive frontal damage (Delbecq-Derouesne, Beauvois, & Shallice, 1990).…”

Section: Anatomical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 45%

Is the posterior parietal lobe involved in working memory retrieval?

Berryhill

¹

,

Olson

²

2008

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Neuroimaging evidence suggests that the parietal lobe has an important role in memory retrieval, yet neuropsychology is largely silent on this topic. Recently, we reported that unilateral parietal lobe damage impairs various forms of visual working memory when tested by old/new recognition. Here, we investigate whether parietal lobe working memory deficits are linked to problems at retrieval. We tested two patients with bilateral parietal lobe damage in a series of visual working memory tasks that probed recall and old/new recognition. Stimuli were presented sequentially and several stimulus categories were tested. The results of these experiments show that parietal lobe damage disproportionately impairs old/new recognition as compared to cued recall across stimulus categories. The observed performance dissociation suggests that the posterior parietal lobe plays a particularly vital role in working memory retrieval.

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“…In doing so, the present study also responded to the stated need to use group rather than single-case studies to address the more fundamental question of whether single-process or dual-process models can best explain recognition memory (1). Unlike previous group studies (11,18,28), the patients were not selected on the basis of known memory deficits; rather, they represent the continuum of pathological changes associated with a single etiology. This approach was made possible by having detailed neuropsychological assessments and quantified volumetric measures of multiple brain sites, including the MBs, for a cohort of 26 cases.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Single-case and small-group studies have shortcomings, because much variation in individual patient performance often may arise because of premorbid differences in memory, variations in effective lesion location, and the inherent variation of cognitive measures (R/K and ROC) based on subjective experiences. Large-group studies provide the best opportunity to counter these shortcomings, but previous studies (11,18,19) have combined patients with differing etiologies and/or have not provided volumetric measures of sufficient key brain structures, thus severely limiting any conclusions. In contrast, the present study examined a cohort of patients with both a single etiology (colloid cyst) and quantified estimates of damage from multiple sites, including the extended hippocampal system (hippocampus, fornix, and MBs).…”

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Impaired recollection but spared familiarity in patients with extended hippocampal system damage revealed by 3 convergent methods

Vann

¹

,

Tsivilis²,

Denby³

et al. 2009

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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To understand recognition memory, the detection of stimulus repetition, it first is necessary to resolve the debate between 2 fundamentally different models of recognition. Contemporary single-process models assume that recognition memory relies solely on the neural system required for the recall of prior events. Dual-process models assume that recognition comprises 2 independent forms of memory: one supports recall, and the other detects repeated stimuli by signaling their familiarity, the feeling of previous occurrence without the recall of any associated information. These 2 models were contrasted in patients who had undergone surgical removal of a colloid cyst, a condition associated with memory loss when accompanied by fornix and/or mammillary body atrophy. Comparisons were made between 2 groups of 9 patients that differed only with respect to the extent of mammillary body atrophy. Only the more atrophied group was impaired on tests of recall, but both groups showed normal recognition levels on a task that equates recall and recognition performance in normal participants. To explore the nature of this spared recognition, we estimated recall-based recognition and familiarity-based recognition using 3 distinct methods: self-report, receiver operating characteristics, and structural equation modeling. All 3 methods showed impaired recall-based recognition accompanied by intact familiarity in the most atrophied group, as predicted only by dual-process models. When structural equation modeling was applied to all 62 colloid cyst patients, the recall/familiarity dualprocess model best explained the patients' memory pattern. The convergent evidence that mammillary body atrophy impairs recall but spares familiarity-based recognition appears irreconcilable with single-process models.amnesia ͉ colloid cyst ͉ fornix ͉ mammillary body ͉ recognition

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Recall and recognition memory in amnesia: Patients with hippocampal, medial temporal, temporal lobe or frontal pathology

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The right parietal lobe is critical for visual working memory

The right parietal lobe is critical for visual working memory

Is the posterior parietal lobe involved in working memory retrieval?

Impaired recollection but spared familiarity in patients with extended hippocampal system damage revealed by 3 convergent methods

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