Episodic and working memory deficits in alcoholic korsakoff patients: The continuity theory revisited

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1229-1241

  Pitel, Anne Lise ^a   Beaunieux, Héléne ^a   Witkowski, Thomas ^a   Vabret, François ^a,b   De La Sayette, Vincent ^a,c   Viader, Fausto ^a,c   Desgranges, Béatrice ^a   Eustache, Francis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b CHU Clemenceau   (France)

^c CHU CÔTE DE NACRE   (France)

Author keywords

Chronic Alcoholism; Episodic Memory; Executive Functions; Korsakoff's Syndrome; Working Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTEGRATION; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INTELLIGENCE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 54749099232     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2008.00677.x     Document Type: Article

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