Patterns of impaired verbal, spatial, and object working memory after thalamic lesions

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 178-193

  Kubat Silman, Alycia K ^a   Dagenbach, Dale ^a   Absher, John R ^b,c,d,e  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^c WFUBMC   (United States)

^d Cingulum Neurosciences Insititute Inc   (United States)

^e Absher Neurology   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive processes; Object working memory; Sequencing; Spatial; Thalamus; Verbal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VERBALIZATION; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPACE PERCEPTION; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036930165     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-2626(02)00502-X     Document Type: Article

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