Spontaneous confabulations, disorientation, and the processing of 'now'

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 175-185

  Schnider, Armin ^a,b  

^a Neurologische Universitatsklinik Bern   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Disorientation; Human memory; Limbic system; Now representation; Psychological present; Spontaneous confabulations; Time processing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFABULATION; CONFUSION; DISORIENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMNESIA; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONFUSION; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORIENTATION; REALITY TESTING; TIME PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033990840     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(99)00064-0     Document Type: Article

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