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Lookup NU author(s): Jill Thompson, Dr John Gray, Dr Paul Mackin, Professor Allan Young, Emeritus Professor Nicol Ferrier
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Visuospatial working memory theory is used to interpret the cognitive impairment in euthymic bipolar disorder. Such patients show deficits in the Corsi Blocks Test (CBT) and executive control. To understand these deficits, 20 euthymic bipolar patients and controls were administered the CBT, Visual Patterns Test (VPT), and a new visual memory task designed to make minimal demands on executive resources. Initial analyses validated the visual memory task and implicated executive involvement in the CBT and VPT. Subsequent analyses on a number of tests confirmed CBT and executive deficits while performance was normal on the VPT and visual memory test. ANCOVA indicated that impaired executive function underpinned patients' CBT performance. Implications for the interface between executive and slave systems of working memory are discussed. © 2006 Psychology Press Ltd.
Author(s): Thompson JM, Hamilton CJ, Gray JM, Quinn JG, Mackin P, Young AH, Ferrier IN
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Memory
Year: 2006
Volume: 14
Issue: 4
Pages: 437-451
ISSN (print): 0965-8211
ISSN (electronic): 1464-0686
Publisher: Psychology Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09658210500464293
DOI: 10.1080/09658210500464293
PubMed id: 16766447
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