Imagining the present: Amnesia may impair descriptions of the present as well as of the future and the past

Cortex

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 637-645

  Zeman, Adam Z J ^a   Beschin, Nicoletta ^b   Dewar, Michaela ^c   Della Sala, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Azienda Ospedaliera S Antonio Abate di Gallarate   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amnesia; Describing the present; Imagination; Memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VISUAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AGED; AMNESIA; COGNITION; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84875267834     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.03.008     Document Type: Article

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