Remote memory function and dysfunction in Korsakoff's syndrome

Neuropsychology Review

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-116

  Race, Elizabeth ^a   Verfaellie, Mieke ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical; Korsakoff's syndrome; Remote memory; Retrograde amnesia; Semantic

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LONG TERM MEMORY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; REVIEW; SEMANTICS;

HUMANS; KORSAKOFF SYNDROME; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MENTAL RECALL; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84863844679     PISSN: 10407308     EISSN: 15736660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11065-012-9197-y     Document Type: Review

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