Medial temporal lobe amnesia impairs performance on a free association task

Hippocampus

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 405-412

  Sheldon, Signy ^a,b   Romero, Kristoffer ^a,b   Moscovitch, Morris ^a,b  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Creativity; Episodic memory; Imagery; Open endedness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEDIAL TEMPORAL LOBE AMNESIA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84876109165     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22099     Document Type: Article

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