Impairment of recollection but not familiarity in a case of developmental amnesia

Authors: Brandt, Karen¹; Gardiner, John²; Vargha-Khadem, Faraneh³; Baddeley, Alan⁴; Mishkin, Mortimer⁵

Source: Neurocase, Volume 15, Number 1, December 2008 , pp. 60-65(6)

Publisher: Psychology Press, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

In a re-examination of the recognition memory of Jon, a young adult with developmental amnesia due to perinatal hippocampal damage, we used a test procedure that provides estimates of the separate contributions to recognition of recollection and familiarity. Comparison between Jon and his controls revealed that, whereas he was unimpaired in the familiarity process, he showed abnormally low levels of recollection, supporting the view that the hippocampus mediates the latter process selectively.

Keywords: Developmental amnesia; Exclusion; Inclusion; Recollection; Familiarity

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13554790802613025

Affiliations: 1: School of Psychology, Dorothy Hodgkin Building, University of Keele, UK 2: Department of Psychology, Pevensey Building, University of Sussex, UK 3: Developmental Neuroscience Unit, University College London Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK 4: Department of Psychology, University of York, York, UK 5: National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA

Publication date: 2008-12-01