Supra-normal age-linked retrograde amnesia: Lessons from an older amnesic (H.M.)

Hippocampus

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 424-445

  MacKay, Donald G ^a   Hadley, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Amnesia; H.M.; Retrograde

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGING; AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 65949099126     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20531     Document Type: Article

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