Confabulation behavior and false memories in Korsakoff's syndrome: Role of source memory and executive functioning

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 220-225

  Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b,f   Kortrijk, Hans E ^c   Wester, Arie J ^d   Nys, Gudrun M S ^e  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c BAVO Europoort   (Netherlands)

^d VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Confabulation; Neuropsychology; Source memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LEARNING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RATING SCALE;

AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECEPTION; FANTASY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRESSION;

EID: 42149183043     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01758.x     Document Type: Article

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