Word Memory Test Performance in Amnesic Patients With Hippocampal Damage

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-534

  Goodrich Hunsaker, Naomi J ^a   Hopkins, Ramona O ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amnesia; declarative memory; hippocampus; symptom validity test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; REFERENCE VALUE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORD MEMORY TEST;

ADULT; AMNESIA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 67650127975     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015444     Document Type: Article

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