Ventromedial Prefrontal Damage and Memory for Context: Perceptual Versus Semantic Features

Neuropsychology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 649-657

  Ciaramelli, Elisa ^a,b   Spaniol, Julia ^c  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

confabulation; context memory; monitoring; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE MEMORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; SEMANTIC MEMORY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 70249139084     PISSN: 08944105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015937     Document Type: Article

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