Behavioral and neuroanatomical investigation of Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM)

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 78-92

  LePort, Aurora K R ^a   Mattfeld, Aaron T ^a   Dickinson Anson, Heather ^a   Fallon, James H ^c   Stark, Craig E L ^a   Kruggel, Frithjof ^b   Cahill, Larry ^a   McGaugh, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Irvine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Brain morphology; Highly superior autobiographical memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HIGHLY SUPERIOR AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECALL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84863109859     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2012.05.002     Document Type: Article

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