Remembering without a past: Individuals with anterograde memory impairment talk about their lives

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-616

  Medved, Maria I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Autobiographical memory; Conversation; Narrative; Neurotrauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA, ANTEROGRADE; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MANITOBA; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548562467     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13548500601164404     Document Type: Article

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