[Characteristics of the latent states of short-term verbal memory in patients with sequelae of cerebral circulatory disorders].

A study of 50 patients in the recovery period of cerebral circulation impairment and 11 healthy subjects was carried out to investigate latent conditions of short-term verbal memory (STVM), using phonooscillography with subsequent statistical computerized treatment. On the basis of the time-course of latent conditions (16500 phonooscillograms), the temporal organization of STVM was studied. It was established that the patients as compared with the healthy subjects showed substantial changes in temporal parameters of mnemonic processes: the duration of latent conditions of STVM increased, the rate of its adaptation decreased, regular pattern and balance of the main temporal parameters were disrupted.