Dissociating the memory systems mediating complex tool knowledge and skills

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3026-3036

  Roy, Shumita ^a   Park, Norman W ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Kunin Lunenfeld Applied Research Unit and Department of Food and Nutrition Services and Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Declarative memory; Memory for actions; Procedural memory; Tool use acquisition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOCIATIVE AMNESIA; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PROCEDURAL MEMORY; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOOL USE;

AMNESIA, RETROGRADE; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEACHING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77955269295     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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