Associative learning in patients with cerebellar ataxia.

Journal article

It has been claimed that patients with cerebellar pathology are impaired at associative learning. Patients with cerebellar ataxia (n = 7) were taught a visual-motor associative task. The task was chosen so as to allow comparisons with data currently being collected on the effects of cerebellar lesions on associative learning in monkeys. As a group the patients were as impaired at learning the task as a group of 8 patients with Huntington's disease. When each patient was individually matched w...

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Authors: Tucker, J; Harding, A; Jahanshahi, M; Nixon, P; Rushworth, M

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Behavioral neuroscience
• Volume: 110
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1229-1234
• Publication date: 1996-12-01
• DOI: 10.1037//0735-7044.110.6.1229
• EISSN: 1939-0084
• ISSN: 0735-7044
• Language: English
• Keywords: Cerebellum; Cerebellar Ataxia; Aged; Humans; Intelligence; Reaction Time; Association Learning; Adult; Female; Middle Aged; Huntington Disease; Form Perception; Parkinson Disease; Psychomotor Performance; Male