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====Processing in Atypical Individuals====

- When mental age is equal, no difference on serial memory tasks or children with [[autism]] <ref name=Prior />

===''Neuro-perspective''===

- [[Prefrontal cortex]] and [Hippocampal region|Hippocampus]] related to serial memory processing. Lesions in these areas are related to impaired ability to remember temporal order <ref name=Chiba />.

- Rats with lesioned prefrontal cortex's can only remember the first item in a set of 2. As well, the rats increase their corticosterone when experiencing stress during a serial memory task <ref name=Chauveau />.

-Rats with lesioned hippocampal region's can only remember the second item in a set of 2. However, they do not increase their corticosterone when experiencing stress during the serial memory task <ref name=Chauveau />.

- LH found to be better at serial processing and serial memory comparison than RH <ref name=O'Boyle />.

==Article Briefs==