Study of metamemory in patients with chronic alcoholism using a feeling-of-knowing episodic memory task

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1888-1898

  Le Berre, Anne Pascale ^a   Pinon, Karine ^b   Vabret, François ^a,c   Pitel, Anne Lise ^a   Allain, Philippe ^b   Eustache, Francis ^a   Beaunieux, Hélène ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c CHU Clemenceau   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Autonoetic consciousness; Executive functions; Memory monitoring; Metacognition

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEELING OF KNOWING MEASURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; METAMEMORY; METAMEMORY IN ADULTHOOD QUESTIONNAIRE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); STROOP TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 77957019768     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01277.x     Document Type: Article

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