Pattern separation and pattern completion in Alzheimer's disease: Evidence of rapid forgetting in amnestic mild cognitive impairment

Hippocampus

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1246-1258

  Ally, Brandon A ^a   Hussey, Erin P ^a   Ko, Philip C ^a   Molitor, Robert J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Encoding; Familiarity; Hippocampus; Recognition memory; Recollection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TASK; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATTERN COMPLETION TASK; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PATTERN SEPARATION TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID FORGETTING; VISUAL MEMORY;

ENCODING; FAMILIARITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; RECOGNITION MEMORY; RECOLLECTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER CURVE; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; ROC CURVE; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84888132593     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22162     Document Type: Article

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