Impaired strategic monitoring as the locus of a focal prospective memory deficit

Neurocase. 2007 Apr;13(2):115-26. doi: 10.1080/13554790701399247.

Abstract

In this study we examine the locus of a prospective memory deficit in an individual with multiple sclerosis. Extensive psychometric and neuropsychological testing revealed above average to superior general intelligence, retrospective and autobiographical memory, short-term/working memory and executive functions. In contrast, the individual demonstrated poor prospective memory on a variety of measures incorporating naturalistic, self-report, and laboratory methods. This deficit appeared to arise from a disruption of processes underlying strategic monitoring. These data clearly demonstrate that impaired prospective memory can exist in the presence of an otherwise intact neuropsychological profile.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Memory / physiology*
  • Memory Disorders / pathology
  • Memory Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Mental Recall
  • Multiple Sclerosis / physiopathology
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Space Perception