Dissociable effects of mild COVID-19 on short- and long-term memories.

ABSTRACT: Recent studies have highlighted the presence of cognitive deficits following COVID-19 that persist beyond acute infection, regardless of the initial disease severity. Impairments in short- and long-term memory are among the core deficits reported by patients and observed in objective tests of memory performance. We aimed to extend previous studies by examining performance in a task that allows us to directly compare and contrast memories at different timescales. More specifically, we assessed both short- and long-term memories for contextual-spatial associations encoded during a common session and probed at different durations using an equivalent task in non-hospitalized individuals recovering from mild COVID-19 compared to healthy controls. The approach equated all aspects of memory mater

SUBMITTER: Atkinson LZ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11358641 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature