Effects of spacing and repetition on amnesic patients' performance during perceptual identification, stem completion, and category exemplar production

Neuropsychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 65-77

  Cermak, Laird S ^a,b   Hill, Rebecca ^a   Wong, Bonnie ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER; AMNESIA; CUES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031894467     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.12.1.65     Document Type: Article

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