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The Spiral After-Effect As a Test of Brain Damage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

H. C. Holland  and
H. R. Beech
H. C. Holland
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London
H. R. Beech
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, London
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A number of studies have been recently concerned with the clinical application of the Archimedes spiral, an illusory negative after-effect of apparent movement, which requires no description here. Freeman and Josey (3) reported a relationship between the presence or absence of this after-effect and a clinical judgment of memory function, while a cross-validation study by Standlee (11) failed to confirm this observation when an objective measure of memory impairment was used.

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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 104 , Issue 435 , April 1958 , pp. 466 - 471
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1958 

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