Glisky E L, Schacter D L
Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Neuropsychologia. 1988;26(1):173-8. doi: 10.1016/0028-3932(88)90041-3.
Previous research has demonstrated that patients with memory disorders resulting from closed-head injury can acquire the complex knowledge and skills necessary for the use of a microcomputer. The present paper extends the generality of those findings by showing that (1) amnesic patients with other etiologies could similarly learn how to operate a computer and (2) the knowledge and skills acquired were retained over intervals of up to 9 months.
