Collaborative discourse facilitates efficient communication and new learning in amnesia

Brain and Language

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-54

  Duff, Melissa C ^a   Hengst, Julie A ^b   Tranel, Daniel ^a   Cohen, Neal J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Common ground; Communication; Discourse; Hippocampus; Intervention; Learning; Memory; Semantic; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; INTROSPECTION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

AMNESIA; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 44649099503     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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