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Supporting the Residual Memory of a Korsakoff Patient

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 June 2009

Ann D. M. Davies  and
Martin G. Binks
Ann D. M. Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool
Martin G. Binks
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool
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The memory functioning of a 31-year-old Korsakoff syndrome patient was assessed in his everyday environment and in the laboratory and a programme devised to support residual memory capacity. The patient's wife was used as a monitor of input and retrieval conditions and taught how to seek situations in which her husband would be least impaired. Prompt cards and leaflets were provided for acquaintances in order to reduce the memory demands of the patient's environment.

Follow-up at 1 year showed that although tested memory functioning deteriorated, the patient's memory support system had continued. Additionally, an experiment demonstrated that retrieval could be boosted significantly by presentation of associative cues at storage and retrieval. These findings were used to guide further change in the way the patient's wife managed his memory impairments.

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Research Article
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Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 1983 , pp. 62 - 74
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Copyright © British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies 1983

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