Impaired event memory and recollection in a case of developmental amnesia

Neurocase

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 394-409

  Rosenbaum, R S ^a,b,c   Carson, N ^a   Abraham, N ^a   Bowles, B ^d   Kwan, D ^a   Kohler S ^b,d   Svoboda, E ^c   Levine, B ^b,e   Richards, B ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Developmental amnesia; Episodic memory; Levels of processing; Public event memory; Semantic learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SIZE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; KNOWLEDGE; LABORATORY TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECOGNITION; RETROSPLENIAL CORTEX; SEMANTIC MEMORY; THALAMUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AMNESIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053547887     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2010.532138     Document Type: Article

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