Preserved category learning in amnesia

Neurocase

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 337-347

  Haslam, Catherine ^b   Coltheart, Max ^a   Cook, Michael ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

EID: 0030723064     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554799708411973     Document Type: Article

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