On the relationship between knowledge and memory for pictures: Evidence from the study of patients with semantic dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 534-544

  Graham, Kim S ^a,b   Becker, James T ^c   Hodges, John R ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Hippocampus; Long term memory storage; Temporal neocortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY; NEOCORTEX; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0030772198     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1355617797005341     Document Type: Article

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