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Processing familiar and unfamiliar auditory stimuli during general anesthesia . We tested memory priming for auditory stimuli presented during general propofol-sufentanil anesthesia in 58 patients undergoing day-case arthroscopic surgery . Stimuli were presented via headphones and consisted of common facts ( Group A , 29 patients ) , or familiar or unfamiliar full names of fictitious people ( GRoup B , 29 patients ) . Group A was expected to give more correct answers to questions about the common facts than Group B , when tested postoperatively , and Group B to attribute more fame to presented names than Group A ( famous names test ) . Because the process for learning new or unfamiliar stimuli ( elaboration ) in particular may be impaired under general anesthesia , more memory priming was expected for familiar than for unfamiliar material . No significant differences were demonstrated between the two groups in performance on common facts or in fame attributed to the names . The amount of memory priming , however , was positively related to one of two measures of preoperative anxiety .
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Intervention_Educational
auditory stimuli
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Intervention_Physical
general propofol-sufentanil anesthesia
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Intervention_Surgical
day-case arthroscopic surgery
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Intervention_Educational
Stimuli were presented via headphones and consisted of common facts
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Intervention_Educational
familiar or unfamiliar full names of fictitious people
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Outcome_Mental
performance on common facts
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Outcome_Mental
fame
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Outcome_Mental
amount of memory priming
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Outcome_Mental
positively related to one of two measures
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Outcome_Mental
preoperative anxiety
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Participant_Condition
general anesthesia
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Participant_Condition
general propofol-sufentanil anesthesia
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Participant_Sample-size
58
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Participant_Condition
day-case arthroscopic surgery
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Participant_Sample-size
Group A , 29
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Participant_Sample-size
GRoup B , 29
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Participant_Condition
general anesthesia