Impairment in processing meaningless verbal material in several modalities: the relationship between short-term memory and phonological skills

• Published in: The Quarterly journal of experimental psychology. A, Human experimental psychology Vol. 41; no. 2; p. 293
• Main Authors: Bisiacchi, P S, Cipolotti, L, Denes, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01-05-1989
• Subjects: Adult; Aphasia - psychology; Aphasia, Wernicke - psychology; Cerebral Infarction - psychology; Dyslexia, Acquired - psychology; Female; Humans; Memory, Short-Term; Neuropsychological Tests; Phonetics; Speech Perception; Verbal Learning
• ISSN: 0272-4987
• DOI: 10.1080/14640748908402367

Phonological processing abilities were studied in a patient who, following focal brain damage, showed selective impairment in non-word reading, writing, and repetition and also a severe short-term memory (STM) deficit specific for auditorily presented verbal material. The patient could execute tasks involving phonemic manipulation and awareness perfectly. Our data, in contrast with earlier observations in a case of developmental phonological dyslexia, show that acquired impairment in non-word reading, writing, repetition, and immediate memory may occur despite good phonological processing abilities. The role of STM in processing meaningless verbal material is discussed.