Table 1.
Summary of neuropsychological investigations of non-spatial episodic and working memory.
| Authors | Lesion location | Type of memory | Test | Memory deficits |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Berryhill et al., 2007 | Bi PPC (EE555: lateral IPL, angular gyrus; TQ591: L IPL, precuneus, R SPL) | Autobio LTM | AMI, Levine | Spontaneous autobio retrieval |
| 2. Berryhill et al., 2010a | Bi PPC* | Episodic future thinking | Imagine future | Fewer episodic details |
| 3. Davidson et al., 2008 | L PPC (lateral, IPL, SPL) | Autobio LTM | Autobio; DRM | Fewer details; Impaired recollection and subjective experience |
| 4. Drowos et al., 2010 | Bi PPC* | LTM | Visual/verbal DRM | Fewer false alarms |
| 5. Vuilleumier et al., 2002 | R PPC w/neglect (mixed cortical and white matter) | LTM | Object | Impaired explicit memory for contralaterally presented and extinguished items |
| 6. Berryhill and Olson, 2008b | R PPC (IPL and SPL) | WM | Object, location, and conjunction Recognition | Recognition |
| 7. Berryhill and Olson, 2008a | Bi PPC* | WM | Recognition/Recall | Recognition |
| 8. Maldonado et al., 2011 | L PPC (IPL) | WM | Unclear | One case of WM impairment after resection |
| 9. Berryhill et al., 2011 | Bi PPC* | WM/LTM | Recognition/Recall | Recognition when blocked; Recall when rehearsal was prevented |
| PPC PATIENT STUDIES SHOWING INTACT MEMORY | ||||
| 10. Milner, 1968 | Uni PPC (L, R IPL, SPL) | LTM | Recognition memory | Intact face/pattern memory |
| 11. Satoh et al., 2011 | R PPC (IPL) | LTM | Daily memory (Rivermead), Verbal memory | Musical anhedonia |
| 12. Simons et al., 2008 | Uni PPC (L, R, IPL, SPL) | LTM | Source memory | – |
| 13. Simons et al., 2010 | Uni (L, R, IPL, SPL, Bi PPC*) | LTM | Source memory | Reduced confidence |
For a table of spatial memory deficits please see Olson and Berryhill (2009).
Entries in italics indicate null findings with regard to memory or WM deficits.
Abbreviations: Bi PPC, bilateral posterior parietal cortex; R, right; L, left; DRM, Deese–Roedigger–McDermott (Deese, 1959; Roediger and McDermott, 1995); Autobio, autobiographical memory; LTM, long term memory; AMI, autobiographical memory interview (Kopelman et al., 1989); Levine, Levine autobiographical memory interview (Levine, 2004);
*
, see Row 1.