Measurements of Auditory-Verbal STM Span in Aphasia: Effects of Item, Task, and Lexical Impairment

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Nadine; Ayala, Jennifer
Titel	Measurements of Auditory-Verbal STM Span in Aphasia: Effects of Item, Task, and Lexical Impairment
Quelle	In: Brain and Language, 89 (2004) 3, S.464-483 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0093-934X
DOI	10.1016/j.bandl.2003.12.004
Schlagwörter	Phonology; Short Term Memory; Aphasia; Correlation; Semantics; Predictive Measurement; Word Recognition; Item Analysis; Task Analysis; Language Processing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fonologie; Kurzzeitgedächtnis; Expressive Aphasie; Aphasie; Korrelation; Semantik; Worterkennung; Itemanalyse; Aufgabenanalyse; Sprachverarbeitung
Abstract	In the first part of this study, we investigated effects of item and task type on span performance in a group of aphasic individuals with word processing and STM deficits. Group analyses revealed significant effects of item on span performance with span being greater for digits than for words. We also investigated associations between subjects' lexical-semantic and phonological processing abilities and performance on four measures of verbal span (digit and word span, each varied for type of response, verbal vs. pointing) as well as one measure of nonverbal span. We predicted and found that the patterns of association between verbal span tasks and lexical abilities reflected the integrity of language processes and representations deployed in each paradigm used to assess span. Performance on the pointing span task, which engages both lexical-semantic and phonological processes, correlated with measures of both lexical-semantic and phonological abilities. Performance on repetition span, which engages primarily input and output phonological processes, correlated with measures of phonological abilities but not measures of lexical-semantic abilities. However, when partial correlations were performed for two subject groups based on their relative preservation of lexical-semantic ability (less or more than phonological ability), repetition span correlated with lexical-semantic measures only in the subgroup with relatively impaired lexical-semantics. Additionally, performance on the nonverbal span task correlated with measures of phonological abilities, suggesting either a general cognitive deficit affecting verbal and nonverbal STM or possibly, the use of a verbal strategy to perform this task. Our discussion focuses on the interpretation of span measurements in clinical practice and research, as well as the implications of these data for theories of short-term memory and word processing. (Author).
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