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The recent memory impairments in Korsakoff’s (KD), Huntington’s (HD), and Alzheimer’s (SDAT) diseases are qualitatively different from one another. All three of these clinical groups demonstrate dysfunctions in memory-learning processes that normally can be, accomplished automatically. The effort-demanding memory performance of KD and HD patients, but not of SDAT patients, reflects how often an event occurred in a manner similar to that of normal age-matched controls. Defining the structure of memory and its impairment requires an opportunity to contrast the effects on memory of different forms of cognitive dysfunctions and of distinct cognitive operations.
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The work of Milton E. Strauss was supported in part by NIMH Grant 1R0 1MH 38387 and NIH Grant 5P0 1NS16375.
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Strauss, M.E., Weingartner, H. & Thompson, K. Remembering words and how often they occurred in memory-impaired patients. Memory & Cognition 13, 507–510 (1985). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03198321
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