Separating Semantic and Phonological Short-term Memory in Aphasic Patients Using a Novel Concurrent Probe Paradigm

dc.contributor.advisorMartin, Randi C.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSchnur, Tatiana T.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberLogan, Jessica M.en_US
dc.creatorDial, Heatheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-25T19:35:31Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-08-25T19:35:31Zen_US
dc.date.created2014-05en_US
dc.date.issued2014-02-25en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2014en_US
dc.date.updated2014-08-25T19:35:31Zen_US
dc.description.abstractPrevious research suggests that short-term memory (STM) processes are separable into at least two buffers: a lexical-semantic and a phonological buffer. While there are multiple tasks used to measure phonological STM, only one task is commonly employed to test semantic STM, the category probe task. The current study used a novel paradigm, the concurrent probe paradigm (Shivde & Anderson, 2011), to measure semantic and phonological maintenance in aphasia patients. In Experiment 1, which evaluated semantic maintenance, we replicated the findings of Shivde and Anderson (2011) with older adults and revealed dissociations in patient performance depending on the type of STM deficit. The concurrent probe paradigm provided converging evidence with the category probe task in measuring semantic STM deficits. In Experiments 2 and 3, we applied the task to phonological maintenance. We replicated the findings of Shivde and Anderson (2011) with older adults, but for patients the results were less clear.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.citationDial, Heather. "Separating Semantic and Phonological Short-term Memory in Aphasic Patients Using a Novel Concurrent Probe Paradigm." (2014) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/76705">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/76705</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/76705en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectShort-term memoryen_US
dc.subjectSTMen_US
dc.subjectSemanticen_US
dc.subjectPhonologicalen_US
dc.subjectAphasiaen_US
dc.subjectPsychometricsen_US
dc.titleSeparating Semantic and Phonological Short-term Memory in Aphasic Patients Using a Novel Concurrent Probe Paradigmen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentCognitive Neuroscienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSocial Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen_US
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