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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-1-30
pubmed:abstractText
Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by spatial memory dysfunction, but the selectivity of the deficit remains unclear. We addressed this issue by comparing performance on spatial and object variants of a conditional associative learning task, and by analysing the data with time series analytical techniques. The 11 PD subjects and 15 normal control subjects learned stimulus-stimulus pairings through trial-and-error learning. PD subjects were selectively impaired on the spatial condition: they required more trials to achieve criterion, learned at a slower rate and displayed a working memory deficit. The groups did not differ in the object condition. These results suggest a distinction between material-specific spatial and object visual memory systems. Further, they indicate that spatial learning and memory are selectively impaired in early PD, suggesting that interactions between the basal ganglia and prefrontal cortex are important for the mediation of high-level cognition.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0028-3932
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1413-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Analysis of Variance, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Association Learning, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Intervention Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Learning Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Likelihood Functions, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Longitudinal Studies, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Male, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Memory Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Parkinson Disease, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Pattern Recognition, Visual, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Reaction Time, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Regression Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Space Perception, pubmed-meshheading:9347488-Task Performance and Analysis
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
The time course of spatial and object learning in Parkinson's disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139, USA. postle@mail.med.upenn.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.