Forms of confabulation: Dissociations and associations

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2524-2534

  Nahum, Louis ^a   Bouzerda Wahlen, Aurélie ^a   Guggisberg, Adrian ^a,b   Ptak, Radek ^a,b   Schnider, Armin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospitals   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Confabulation; Confusion; Disorientation; Reality monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFABULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISORIENTATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; CONFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864387044     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.06.026     Document Type: Article

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