New semantic learning and generalization in a patient with amnesia

Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-151

  Stark, Craig ^a   Stark, Shauna ^a   Gordon, Barry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Declarative memory; Errorless learning; Medial temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CASE REPORT; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMANTICS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRAINING; VARIANCE;

AGED; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 15044345491     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.19.2.139     Document Type: Article

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