Publications [#270998] of James A. Blumenthal

Journal Articles

1. Madden, DJ; Blumenthal, JA (1989). Slowing of memory-search performance in men with mild hypertension.. Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 8(2), 131-142. [2737172], [doi]
   (last updated on 2024/01/01)

   Abstract:
   Previous reports have associated hypertension with a slowing of cognitive performance, although the component processes involved have not been identified. Our report compares the performance of 24 men with mild hypertension and 28 age-matched normotensive men on a test of short-term memory search in which the duration of component processes could be estimated. The results indicated that the rate of search through short-term memory was slower for the hypertensive than for the normotensives, whereas the duration of encoding and response processes was equivalent for the two groups. This hypertension-related slowing of memory comparison was independent of participants' error rates and education levels.