Malingering and retrograde amnesia: The historic case of The Collegno Amnesic

Cortex

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 519-532

  Zago, Stefano ^a,b   Sartori, Giuseppe ^c   Scarlato, Guglielmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collegno's amnesic; Malingering amnesia; Retrograde amnesia

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; CALCULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EUROPE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; ITALY; LANGUAGE TEST; MALINGERING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL TEST; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL MEMORY; WAR;

EID: 3142699287     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70144-8     Document Type: Article

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