Rate of Forgetting in Amnesia: I. Recall and Recognition of Prose

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 942-962

  Isaac, Claire L ^a   Mayes, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ASSOCIATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; REVIEW; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0033162826     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.25.4.942     Document Type: Article

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