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  • Title: Rapid serial processing in patients with multiple sclerosis: the role of peripheral deficits.
    Author: Bodling AM, Denney DR, Lynch SG.
    Journal: J Int Neuropsychol Soc; 2008 Jul; 14(4):646-50. PubMed ID: 18577294.
    Abstract:
    This study compared speed of information processing in patients with relapsing-remitting or secondary progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) and healthy controls using the Stroop Test and a Picture Naming Test (PNT). While both tests evaluated processing speed within a format calling for rapid serial processing of stimulus information, the PNT included trials designed to impose greater verbal-motor and ocular-motor challenges by using novel rather than repeated pictures and by presenting the pictures in distributed locations rather than always centered on the screen. The results confirmed that a decrease in the speed of information processing is a key feature of the cognitive impairment occurring in conjunction with MS. When this feature is evaluated with tests requiring rapid serial processing of stimulus information, the contribution of peripheral motor deficits appears to be modest.
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