8 left hemiplegies with poor short-term memory showed poorer visual memory than 18 left hemiplegies with good short-term verbal memory, although they were matched for current ability on Bender-Gestalt designs. Intelligence, assessed by the WAIS post onset, was a complicating factor.
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