The effect of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) on implicit memory: Skill learning and perceptual priming in patients with major depression

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1405-1414

  Vakil, Eli ^a   Grunhaus, Leon ^b   Nagar, Ifat ^a   Ben Chaim, Esther ^a   Dolberg, Ornah T ^b   Dannon, Pinhas N ^b   Schreiber, Shaul ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Depression; ECT; Implicit memory; Skill learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0034287005     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(00)00047-6     Document Type: Article

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