Self-referential processing is distinct from semantic elaboration: Evidence from long-term memory effects in a patient with amnesia and semantic impairments

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 2663-2673

  Sui, Jie ^a,b   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Long term memory; Ownership; Self referential processing; Semantic elaboration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEMANTIC MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EVALUATION; LONG-TERM MEMORY; OWNERSHIP; SELF-REFERENTIAL PROCESSING; SEMANTIC ELABORATION;

AMNESIA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CONCEPT; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84886257110     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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