Evidence for semantic learning in profound amnesia: An investigation with patient H.M.

Hippocampus

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 417-425

  O'Kane, Gail ^a   Kensinger, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Corkin, Suzanne ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Declarative; Encoding; Hippocampus; Medial temporal lobe; Memory; Parahippocampal gyrus

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NEUROSURGERY; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMNESIA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 3042842893     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20005     Document Type: Article

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