Memory monitoring failure in confabulation: Evidence from the semantic illusion paradigm

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1006-1017

  Kan, Irene P ^a,b   Larocque, Karen F ^b   Lafleche, Ginette ^b   Coslett, H Branch ^c   Verfaellie, Mieke ^b  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior communicating artery aneurysm; Cognition; Frontal lobe; Memory disorders; Neuropsychology; Recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451470042     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617710000536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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