Memory deficits in Parkinson's disease : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University

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dc.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Marie
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-27T02:41:59Z
dc.date.available2016-07-27T02:41:59Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.description.abstractTwenty-two Parkinson's Disease (PD) patients and 22 age-matched and gender-matched comparison participants (aged 48-83 years) were tested on the California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT), a shopping list memory task with items divided into four semantic categories.. Results supported other research in showing verbal memory deficits in PD. The PD group performance was lower on all recall trials of the CVLT. In addition, ability to discriminate between old and new items was impaired in the PD group. Participants who scored highly on total recall measures also showed a strong ability to use semantic categories in recall. A hierarchical cluster analysis (Ward's method) was used to explore the nature of the memory deficits found. Results support the existence of distinct stages of memory decline in PD, with the differences between subgroups identified showing significance when subjected to an analysis of variance (ANOVA). These results suggest that the memory deterioration which occurs in PD is initially associated with aspects of retrieval. However, as the disease progresses, encoding processes become compromised with more severe effects on memory. An interpretation, based on neural network models of memory, is discussed to suggest reasons why memory processes in PD may fail. These include activation failure, inefficiency of gating mechanisms in encoding and retrieval operations and inability to access semantic memory at the encoding stage of a memory task.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/8466
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectMemory disordersen_US
dc.subjectParkinson's diseaseen_US
dc.titleMemory deficits in Parkinson's disease : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey Universityen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorO'Sullivan, Marieen_US
thesis.degree.disciplinePsychologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M. A.)en_US
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