Dynamics of the cognitive procedural learning in alcoholics with korsakoff's syndrome

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1025-1032

  Beaunieux, Hélène ^a,b,c   Pitel, Anne L ^a,b,c   Witkowski, Thomas ^a,b,c   Vabret, François ^a,b,c,d   Viader, Fausto ^a,b,c,d   Eustache, Francis ^a,b,c  

^a Centre Cyceron   (France)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive Skill; Episodic Memory; Korsakoff's Syndrome; Procedural Memory; Working Memory

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; HUMAN; KORSAKOFF PSYCHOSIS; LEARNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ALCOHOL AMNESTIC DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84878395929     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12054     Document Type: Article

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