A case of hyperthymesia: Rethinking the role of the amygdala in autobiographical memory

Neurocase

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 166-181

  Ally, Brandon A ^a,b   Hussey, Erin P ^a   Donahue, Manus J ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Autobiographical memory; Hypermnesia; Hyperthymesia; Superior memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; ENCEPHALOMALACIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTHYMESIA; HYPERTROPHY; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; RADIATION; VOLUMETRY; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PICK DISEASE OF THE BRAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876125878     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2011.654225     Document Type: Article

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