Confabulation in Alzheimers disease and amnesia: A qualitative account and a new taxonomy

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 967-974

  La Corte, Valentina ^a,b   Serra, Mara ^c   Attali, Eve ^a,b   Boissé, Marie Françoise ^d   Dalla Barba, Gianfranco ^a,b,c,d  

^a INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Confabulation; Consciousness; Episodic memory; Memory; Memory disorder; Time

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLASSIFICATION; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79451468883     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710001001     Document Type: Conference Paper

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