Normal perceptual priming of orthographically illegal nonwords in amnesia

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1995, Pages 425-433

  Keane, Margaret M ^a   Gabrieli, John D E ^a,b   Noland, Julia S ^a   McNealy, Susan Ingemanson ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Priming Nonvvords

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER; AMNESIA; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0029361991     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617700000527     Document Type: Article

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