Episodic memory processes mediated by the medial temporal lobes contribute to open-ended problem solving

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2439-2447

  Sheldon, Signy ^a   McAndrews, Mary Pat ^a,b   Moscovitch, Morris ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Autobiographical detail; Epilepsy; Episodic memory; Event simulation; Hippocampus; Problem solving

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECALL; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960191337     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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