RT Journal Article
T1 The role of executive functions in long-term memory: case report
A1 Salguero Alcañiz, María Pilar
A1 Alameda Bailén, José Ramón
A1 Gómez Heredia, Carolina
A1 González Ramírez, María Mar
K1 Psicología, Neuropsicología Cognitiva
AB The role of executive functions in long-term memory has been studied. We describe a single-case study, consisting of a 45-year-old male patient, hospitalized for right frontal stroke. After the stroke, the patient had memory alterations in everyday activities. However, performance in short-term memory tests was not significantly altered. Long-term memory assessments included pre- and post-stroke episodic, semantic, and procedural memories. Specific skills involved in the acquisition of new learning (auditory-verbal and visual reproduction) were also evaluated, as well as executive functions. The results evidence that short-term memory was not affected. Regarding long-term memory, significant differences were observed between pre- and post-stroke knowledge, the former being better preserved, which reveals anterograde amnesia. Pre- stroke long-term memory was also affected, but only with respect to episodic knowledge, with semantic and procedural memories preserved (episodic retrograde amnesia). Executive functions were altered as well, which could have been a factor affecting the acquisition and consolidation of new learning, despite the fact that short-term memory was not significantly altered. Therefore, executive functions might be a determinant factor in the acquisition of new learning, regardless of short- term memory processes, at least partially. According to the results of the present study, alterations in these functions might lead to anterograde amnesia. This entails the need to evaluate executive functions as an intrinsic part of memory evaluation.
PB Taylor and Francis
SN https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/vgen20?src=pdf
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24930
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24930
LA eng
NO M. P. Salguero-Alcañiz, M. M. González-Ramírez, C. Gómez-Heredia & J. R. Alameda-Bailén (06 Aug 2024): The role of executive functions in long-term memory: case report, The Journal of General Psychology, DOI: 10.1080/00221309.2024.2385106
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 2 jun 2026