Neurophysiological evidence for a recollection impairment in amnesia patients that leaves familiarity intact

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3004-3014

  Addante, Richard James ^a,b   Ranganath, Charan ^a,d   Olichney, John ^a,c,d   Yonelinas, Andrew P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Episodic Memory; ERP; Familiarity; FN400; Hippocampus; Hypoxia; LPC; Recollection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FAMILIARITY; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; RECOGNITION; RECOLLECTION BASED RECOGNITION MEMORY; RECOLLECTION IMPAIRMENT;

AMNESIA; BRAIN MAPPING; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA, BRAIN; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868303980     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.07.038     Document Type: Article

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