Benzodiazepines and semantic memory: Effects of lorazepam on the Moses illusion

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 309-315

  Izaute, Marie ^a   Paire Ficout, Laurence ^b   Bacon, Elisabeth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

^b INRETS LESCOT   (France)

^c HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Lorazepam; Memory; Moses illusion; Partial matching process

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LORAZEPAM; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; ILLUSION; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOSES ILLUSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARTIAL MATCHING HYPOTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; LORAZEPAM; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 1642395266     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1665-x     Document Type: Article

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