Remote Semantic Memory in Patients With Korsakoff's Syndrome and Herpes Encephalitis

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-157

  Kopelman, Michael D ^a   Bright, Peter ^a   Fulker, Helena ^a   Hinton, Nicola ^a   Morrison, Amy ^a   Verfaellie, Mieke ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

amnesia; episodic; retrograde; semantic; vocabulary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; EPISODIC MEMORY; HERPES SIMPLEX ENCEPHALITIS; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; ENCEPHALITIS, HERPES SIMPLEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEMANTICS;

EID: 62549129471     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014447     Document Type: Article

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