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Marilyn S. Albert, PhD; Nelson Butters, PhD; Judith Levin, MA

Arch Neurol. 1979;36(4):211-216.

Abstract
• Eleven alcoholic patients with Korsakoff's disease and 15 control subjects were given three tests of retrograde amnesia. The first consisted of photographs of famous faces from the past, the second was a recall test of famous people and events, and the third was a multiplechoice questionnaire. To determine whether previously reported temporal gradients (ie, preservation of remote events) were related to item difficulty, half of the questions dealt with events of transient fame while half concerned subjects that continued to receive public attention for many years. The findings indicate that alcoholic patients with Korsakoff's disease have a marked retrograde amnesia that is characterized by a steep temporal gradient, and that this gradient is not an artifact due to the difficulty of the questions or the method of testing.

Author Affiliations
From the Psychology Service, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, and the Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication July 5, 1978.

Reprint requests to Psychology Service, Boston Veterans Administration Hospital, 150 S Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02130 (Dr Albert).

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