| Cognitive processing in migraine: a failure to find facilitation in patients with aura. | |
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PMID: 9595204 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Recent interest in cognitive processing in migraine has been based on the assumption that cortical hyperexcitability in migraine with aura may manifest itself in the form of response time advantages in migraine as compared to controls. The study reported here attempted to replicate and extend the findings of Wray and colleagues (Brain 1995;118: 25-35). Using identical cognitive tasks, three experiments failed to find differences between migraine with aura patients and controls: furthermore, an additional group of patients without aura were also statistically indistinguishable from controls with respect to response times. Error rates were consistently high across experiments, indicating that subjects were responding at or near chance levels. These findings cast doubt on the utility of straightforward cognitive psychological methods for the study of cortical hyperexcitability in migraine. Some theoretical difficulties concerning the interpretation of response times in the context of migraine pathophysiology are discussed. |
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Authors:
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J E Palmer; E P Chronicle |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache Volume: 18 ISSN: 0333-1024 ISO Abbreviation: Cephalalgia Publication Date: 1998 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1998-08-10 Completed Date: 1998-08-10 Revised Date: 2008-02-11 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8200710 Medline TA: Cephalalgia Country: NORWAY |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 125-32 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Psychology, Lancaster University, UK. |
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Adult Aged Arousal / physiology Attention / physiology Dominance, Cerebral / physiology Female Humans Male Middle Aged Migraine Disorders / physiopathology* Optical Illusions / physiology* Orientation / physiology Pattern Recognition, Visual / physiology Psychomotor Performance / physiology* Reaction Time / physiology* Reading Time Perception / physiology Visual Cortex / physiopathology* Visual Fields / physiology Visual Perception / physiology* |
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Cephalalgia. 1998 Apr;18(3):123
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