Brand, Matthias; Pawlikowski, Mirko; Labudda, Kirsten; Laier, Christian; von Rothkirch, Nadine; Markowitsch, Hans J.:
Do amnesic patients with Korsakoff’s syndrome use feedback when making decisions under risky conditions? An experimental investigation with the Game of Dice Task with and without feedback
In: Brain and cognition, Jg. 69 (2009), Heft 2, S. 279 - 290
2009Artikel/Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
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Titel:
Do amnesic patients with Korsakoff’s syndrome use feedback when making decisions under risky conditions? An experimental investigation with the Game of Dice Task with and without feedback
Autor*in:
Brand, MatthiasUDE
GND
123076773
LSF ID
50479
ORCID
0000-0002-4831-9542ORCID iD
Sonstiges
der Hochschule zugeordnete*r Autor*in
;Pawlikowski, MirkoUDE
LSF ID
50835
Sonstiges
der Hochschule zugeordnete*r Autor*in
;Labudda, Kirsten;Laier, ChristianUDE
LSF ID
52439
Sonstiges
der Hochschule zugeordnete*r Autor*in
;von Rothkirch, Nadine;Markowitsch, Hans J.
Erscheinungsjahr:
2009
Erschienen in
Brain and cognition
in:
Jg. 69 (2009), Heft 2, S. 279 - 290
ISSN
1090-2147 Verfügbarkeit online & gedruckt anzeigen

Abstract:

We investigated the role of feedback processing in decision making under risk conditions in 50 patients with amnesia in the course of alcoholic Korsakoff's syndrome (KS). Half of the patients were administered the Game of Dice Task (GDT) and the remaining 25 patients were examined with a modified version of the GDT in which no feedback was provided. Patients' results in the GDT and in the modified version were compared with that of 50 healthy subjects of whom 25 subjects performed the original GDT and 25 performed the modified version. While performance on the original GDT was superior to performance on the modified GDT in healthy subjects, KS patients performed similarly on both the GDT with and GDT without feedback. Performance on both task versions was correlated with categorization and set-shifting. The findings indicate that amnesic patients do not profit from receiving feedback for their decisions in explicit risk conditions.