Impaired knowledge of famous people and events with intact autobiographical memory in a case of progressive right temporal lobe degeneration: Implications for the organisation of remote memory

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 589-607

  Kitchener, Erin G ^a   Hodges, John R ^b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0000588089     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026432999380744     Document Type: Article

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