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dc.contributor.advisorDenney, Douglas R.
dc.contributor.authorSteiger, Katherine Anne
dc.date.accessioned2008-08-05T12:38:51Z
dc.date.available2008-08-05T12:38:51Z
dc.date.issued2007-12-27
dc.date.submitted2007
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:2333
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/4062
dc.description.abstractPrevious research has suggested that slowed speed of information processing is the primary cognitive impairment that occurs in multiple sclerosis (MS). The proposed study employed multiple cognitive measures to replicate these findings. Individuals with relapsing-remitting or secondary-progressive MS were compared to healthy controls in their performance on five cognitive measures. Three tests were covertly-timed and two were explicitly-timed to assess the impact of timing awareness on performance. It was hypothesized that MS patients would respond more slowly than controls and that accuracy of performance between the two groups would not differ. Results indicated that MS patients answered with significantly greater latency than controls. Accuracy of responding was similar between the groups on two of three measures. Overall, slowed information processing in MS patients was found across a range of cognitive measures. Combined with previous research, these findings suggest slowed information processing speed is a significant cognitive deficit in MS.
dc.format.extent53 pages
dc.language.isoEN
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.
dc.subjectClinical psychology
dc.subjectMultiple sclerosis
dc.subjectSpeed of information processing
dc.titleInformation Processing in Multiple Sclerosis: Accuracy versus Speed
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberLynch, Sharon G.
dc.contributor.cmtememberHamilton, Nancy
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplinePsychology
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
kusw.oastatusna
kusw.oapolicyThis item does not meet KU Open Access policy criteria.
kusw.bibid6599363
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