Self-Knowledge of an Amnesic Patient: Toward a Neuropsychology of Personality and Social Psychology

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 250-260

  Klein, Stanley B ^a   Loftus, Judith ^a   Kihlstrom, John F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; AWARENESS; BRAIN CONCUSSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030239638     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-3445.125.3.250     Document Type: Article

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