Memory Deficits

Deficits in processing speed negatively affects memory in individuals with acquired brain injury, strongly suggesting lack of memory recall is associated with poor processing and information acquisition, data show.

Tracking data from white matter lesions on structural imaging via a circuit-based approach may assist in prognosis of memory and other higher order deficits for those with multiple sclerosis, per research published in Journal of Neurology.

Older Caribbean Hispanic individuals with mild cognitive impairment scored lower on measures of attention and working memory compared with non-Hispanic white counterparts, according to researchers.

Depression-related cognitive deficits in selective attention, working memory and long-term memory persisted into remission from a major depressive episode and worsened with repeated episodes, study findings published in Lancet Psychiatry revealed.