Preserved semantic learning in an amnesic patient

Cortex

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-58

  McKenna, Pat ^a   Gerhand, Simon ^b  

^a Rookwood Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterograde amnesia; Episodic memory; Errorless learning; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AMNESIA; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MEMORY; RECALL; SEMANTICS; VERBALIZATION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0036207443     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70637-3     Document Type: Article

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