期刊名称：Revue de Neuropsychologie Neurosciences Cognitives et Cliniques
印刷版ISSN：2101-6739
电子版ISSN：2102-6025
出版年度：2017
卷号：9
期号：3
页码：185-194
DOI：10.1684/nrp.2017.0427
出版社：John Libbey Eurotext
摘要：We report the case of an 11-year-old boy (D.D.), who attends regular college with learning disabilities related to attentional complaint. Neuropsychological assessment demonstrates intellectual skills and attentional/executive functioning, in the normal range except for sustained attention. We assessed different memory components in accordance with anamnestic features. Results demonstrate impairment in verbal (Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test, California Verbal Learning Test…) and visuospatial (Rey Figure) episodic memory, mainly in differed free-recall. Moreover, working memory in both modalities and semantic memory are preserved. This cognitive pattern is similar to developmental amnesia described by Vargha-Khadem et al . (1997) in patients with early ischemic brain lesions. Since D.D. does not have any neurological history, the term “developmental dysmnesia” would be more appropriate here, despite right hippocampus atrophy. This case report is in accordance with Tulving SPI model but is not totally in opposition with Squire and Zola model. Our case highlights the necessity of neuropsychological assessments to assess memory in patients but with “attentional” complaint with quite spared attention abilities. This case report study allows further discussions on the theoretical models on links between semantics and episodic memories.
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