Volume : III, Issue : II, February - 2013

The Effect of Organization on Working Memory in Left and Right Frontal Lesion Patients

Bangalore Roopesh, Renu George, C. R. Mukundan

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Patients with lesion in the prefrontal cortex perform poorly on these planning, working memory and organization strategy. Studies highlight that the left prefrontal cortex as compared to the right prefrontal cortex is more involved in encoding. As efficient organization improves encoding, this study looked at the effect of organization inherent in the working memory tasks on the performance of 10 left and 14 right frontal lesion patients and compared their performance with 17 group matched community controls. Neuropsychological tests used were Last Word Recall Test (LWRT), and Complex Figure Test (CFT). Results showed that left frontal lesion group performed poorly as compared to the other two groups. All the three groups benefitted from the organization that is inherent in LWRT; however, this did not reach significance level in right frontal lobe lesion patients. This study has important implication for the cognitive retraining of ain lesion patients.

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Bangalore Roopesh,Renu George,C. R. Mukundan The Effect of Organization on Working Memory in Left and Right Frontal Lesion Patients Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.III, Issue.II February 2013

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