Effects of Mnemonic Strategy Training on Brain Activity and Cognitive Functioning of Left-Hemisphere Ischemic Stroke Patients

Table 2

MST effects on cognitive and behavioral performance of left-sided stroke patients.

	Pretraining	Posttraining	FDR-corrected p value	Effect size
		Mean ± SD
Neuropsychological measures
HVLT-R immediate learning			0.296
HVLT-R delayed recall			0.003
BVMT-R immediate learning			0.534
BVMT-R delayed recall			0.382
Digit span forward			0.368
Digit span backward			0.447
TMTA			0.228
TMTB			0.572
VST-I			0.759
VST-II			0.534
VST-III			0.176
SVF			0.759
PVF			0.106
MCST			0.534
Off-scan measures
FNRT—total			0.00002
FNRT—trained stimuli			0.00002
FNRT—untrained stimuli			0.108
SSI verbal repetition			0.296
SSI visual inspection			0.226
SSI autobiographical association			0.773
SSI face-name association			0.172
Ecological and generalization measures
SUT delayed recall			0.131
SUT delayed recall strategy			0.106
SUT recognition			0.032
SUT recognition strategy			0.080
MMQ contentment			0.296
MMQ ability			0.932
MMQ strategy			0.845
BFNQ—name difficulties			0.053
BFNQ—face difficulties			0.534
BFNQ—name strategy			0.055
BFNQ—face strategy			0.045

Significant differences () after FDR p value correction. : matched rank biserial correlation; : Cohen’s ; HVLT-R: Revised Hopkins Verbal Learning Test; BVMT-R: Brief Visuospatial Learning Test; VST: Victoria Stroop Test; TMT: Trail Making Test; MCST: Modified Card Sorting Test; PVF: Phonemic Verbal Fluency Test; SVF: Semantic Verbal Fluency; FNRT: Face-Name Recognition Task; SSII: Spontaneous Strategy Implementation Inquiry; MMQ: Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire; BFNQ: Brief Face-Name Questionnaire; SUT: Strategy Use Task.