The Story Learning and Memory (SLAM) test: Equivalence of three forms and sensitivity to left temporal lobe dysfunction

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 518-523

  Djordjevic, Jelena ^a   Smith, Mary Lou ^b   Sziklas, Viviane ^a   Piper, Dominique ^a   Pénicaud, Sidonie ^a   Jones Gotman, Marilyn ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Memory; Neuropsychology; Story recall; Temporal lobe epilepsy; Verbal learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; STORY LEARNING AND MEMORY TEST; STORYTELLING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952738208     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.01.002     Document Type: Article

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