Accelerated Long-Term Forgetting Limited to the Recollection Component of Recognition Memory in a Temporal Lobe Epileptic Patient. Issue 5 (2nd November 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Carlesimo, Giovanni Augusto; Daniele, Antonio; Lombardi, Maria Giovanna; Lacidogna, Giordano; La Cara, Alfredo; Fadda, Lucia; Caltagirone, Carlo
• Is Part Of: Neurocase. Volume 23:Issue 5/6(2017)
• Page Start: 278
• Page End: 286
• Publication Date: 2017-11-02
• Subjects: Accelerated long-term forgetting -- temporal lobe epilepsy -- declarative memory -- amnesia -- recollection; Neurology -- Periodicals; Neuropsychology -- Case Report; Mental Disorders -- Case Report; Nervous System Diseases -- Case Report; 616.8
• DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2017.1390141
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1355-4794

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Accelerated long-term forgetting (ALF) is a frequent finding in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Here we report the case of a TLE patient who complained of marked difficulties in remembering personal events and information even though repeated neuropsychological assessments had failed to detect any deficit on common laboratory memory tests. The patient underwent an experimental investigation that involved estimating recollection and familiarity processes in the performance on verbal and visual recognition tests, over intervals ranging from 10 minutes to 7 days. Results showed accelerated forgetting confined to the recollection component only, which was particularly evident in the verbal test.