The semantic and episodic subcomponents of famous person knowledge: Dissociation in healthy subjects

Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-135

  Piolino, Pascale ^a,b,c   Lamidey, Virginie ^b   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a   Eustache, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

Episodic memory; Famous people; Public events; Remember know; Semantic memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECALL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33846092275     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0894-4105.21.1.122     Document Type: Article

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