Knowledge of new english vocabulary in amnesia: An examination of premorbidly acquired semantic memory

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 443-453

  Verfaellie, Mieke ^a   Reiss, Lisa ^a   Roth, Heidi L ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Retrograde amnesia; Semantic memory; Vocabulary knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC BRAIN DISEASE; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER; AMNESIA; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0029361824     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617700000540     Document Type: Article

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