AbstractsPsychology
Changes in the perception of tachistoscopically presented incomplete figures, in patients receiving electric convulsive therapy.
| Institution: | McGill University |
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| Department: | Department of Psychology. |
| Degree: | MA. |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Keywords: | Psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Psychology – Mental tests. |
| Record ID: | 1579347 |
| Full text PDF: | http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118837.pdf |
Abstract
Ten patients and eleven controls received three equivalent tests before, during, and after ECT, or a similar lapse of time. The tests involved the tachistoscopic presentation of Street's Gestalt Figures; the number correctly recognized being the score used. Conclusions reached are: (1) A significant drop is found in learning and remembering the test material, (2) No cumulative affect of the number of convulsions is seen on test performance, and (3) A convulsion tends to produce the greatest drop when it occurs before reproduction rather than before learning. [...]
