Context memory in Korsakoff's syndrome

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 117-131

  Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b   Kopelman, Michael D ^c  

^a VINCENT VAN GOGH INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterograde amnesia; Context memory deficit; Implicit memory; Retrograde amnesia; Spatial cognition; Targetmemory; Temporalorder memory; Working memory

Indexed keywords

EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC;

EID: 84863834854     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-012-9202-5     Document Type: Review

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