Susceptibility to memory interference effects following frontal lobe damage: Findings from tests of paired-associate learning

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 144-152

  Shimamura, Arthur P ^a   Jurica, Paul J ^a   Mangels, Jennifer A ^a   Gershberg, Felicia B ^a   Knight, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MEMORY; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029075263     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.1995.7.2.144     Document Type: Article

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