SynthesisNeuropsychology review2021
Post-Stroke Working Memory Dysfunction: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review.
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- A systematic review of functional near-infrared spectroscopy-based task paradigms in stroke rehabilitation.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2025Pooled it
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- A systematic review on visual scanning behaviour in hemianopia considering task specificity, performance improvement, spontaneous and training-induced adaptations.Disability and rehabilitation · 2024Pooled it
- rTMS Over Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex Augments Dual-Task Training for Mobility, Balance and Cognition in Sub-Acute Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026Trial
- REAsmash-ET: a methodological framework for combined cognitive and motor assessment through eye-tracking and kinematic metrics in immersive VR search-and-reach task.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2025Trial
- Neurocognitive function as outcome and predictor for prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation in major depressive disorder: an analysis from the DepressionDC trial.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025Trial
- Visuospatial Working Memory Predicts Strategic Motor Learning With Visual Feedback During Gait After Stroke.Neurorehabilitation and neural repair · 2026Article
- Compensatory Strategy Training Versus Computerized Restorative Function Training for Adults in the Chronic Stage After Acquired Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Neuropsychology review · 2026Review
- A neuropsychological perspective on sensory hypersensitivity after acquired brain injury.Brain communications · 2026Review
- Differential Effects of Murine Stroke Models on Dopaminergic Neurons, Glial Responses, and Neurobehavioral Outcomes.Translational stroke research · 2025Article
- Reorganized Functional Networks Underlie Working Memory Deficits After Right-Hemispheric Stroke.The European journal of neuroscience · 2025Article
- Ethnic Disparities in Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Snapshot of Metro-Detroit.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2025Article
- Limited Transfer of Working Memory Training to Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Chronic Stroke Survivors: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2025Article
- Psychometric assessment of the translated and culturally adapted Chinese (Cantonese) of the brief memory and executive test in people with stroke.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Decoding the impact of aging on the interaction between visual attention and working memory.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Psychological Factors and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Risk in Stroke Survivors: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health psychology research · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of computer-assisted cognitive training on cognitive function and activities of daily living in patients with post-stroke cognitive impairment.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Sub-acute stroke demonstrates altered beta oscillation and connectivity pattern in working memory.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Sensory stimulation enhances visual working memory capacity.Communications psychology · 2024Article
- Effects of different types of high-definition transcranial electrical stimulation on visual working memory and contralateral delayed activity.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
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Abstract
This review investigates the severity and nature of post-stroke working memory deficits with reference to the multi-component model of working memory. We conducted a systematic search in PubMed up to March 2019 with search terms for stroke and memory. Studies on adult stroke patients, that included a control group, and assessed working memory function, were selected. Effect sizes (Hedges' g) were extracted from 50 studies (in total 3,084 stroke patients) based on the sample size, mean and standard deviation of patients and controls. Performance of stroke patients was compared to healthy controls on low-load (i.e. capacity) and high-load (executively demanding) working memory tasks, grouped by modality (verbal, non-verbal). A separate analysis compared patients in the sub-acute and the chronic stage. Longitudinal studies and effects of lesion location were systematically reviewed. Stroke patients demonstrated significant deficits in working memory with a moderate effect size for both low-load (Hedges' g = -.58 [-.82 to -.43]) and high-load (Hedges' g = -.59 [-.73 to -.45]) tasks. The effect sizes were comparable for verbal and non-verbal material. Systematically reviewing the literature showed that working memory deficits remain prominent in the chronic stage of stroke. Lesions in a widespread fronto-parietal network are associated with working memory deficits. Stroke patients show decrements of moderate magnitude in all subsystems of working memory. This review clearly demonstrates the global nature of the impairment in working memory post-stroke.
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