Dissociation between the cognitive process and the phenomenological experience of TOT: Effect of the anxiolytic drug lorazepam on TOT states

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 360-373

  Bacon, Elisabeth ^a   Schwartz, Bennett L ^b   Paire Ficout, Laurence ^c   Izaute, Marie ^d  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INRETS Lyon   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Confidence level; Feeling of knowing; Lorazepam; Memory; Metamemory; Tip of the tongue; TOT

Indexed keywords

ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM;

AMNESIA; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DISSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; ERROR; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; PHENOMENOLOGY; RECALL;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; AWARENESS; COGNITION; HUMANS; LORAZEPAM; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS;

EID: 34249912907     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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