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- Title
A Quick Test for Iconic Memory with Necker's cube.
- Authors
Ichiro Shimoyama; Yukinobu Kobayashi; Fumiaki Hayashi; Akio Yoshida; Takako Yugeta; Daisuke Matsuzawa; Eiji Shimizu
- Abstract
Objective: To clarify memory, the iconic memory was quantitatively studied with Necker's cube for memory disturbances. Design: A case-control study. Materials and Methods: One hundred and two patients complaining of memory disturbance and 30 volunteers participated in this study. After observing a sample picture of Necker's cube for less than 30 sec, the picture was covered with a sheet of blank paper, the subjects were asked to draw the sample picture from memory. Then after covering the drawn picture, the sample picture was uncovered, and they were asked to copy the sample picture under observation. The revised Hasegawa's Dementia Scale was done. The drawn pictures were quantitatively assessed by scoring main characteristic parts of the pictures in appropriate position. Results: The scores showed significant multiple coefficience of correlations and Pearson's correlations between the drawn pictures and the revised Hasegawa's Dementia Scale. Conclusion: A test for the iconic memory was quickly assessed quantitatively with Necker's cube, the test might provide us some diagnostic help for memory disturbance.
- Subjects
MEMORY disorders; ANALYSIS of variance; STATISTICAL correlation; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; HEALTH outcome assessment; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests; STATISTICS; DATA analysis; CASE-control method; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
International Medical Journal, 2016, Vol 23, Issue 6, p674
- ISSN
1341-2051
- Publication type
Article