H.M., Word Knowledge, and Aging: Support for a New Theory of Long-Term Retrograde Amnesia

Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 485-492

  James, Lori E ^a,b   MacKay, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0035512689     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00390     Document Type: Article

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