Measuring forgetting: A critical review of accelerated long-term forgetting studies

Cortex

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 16-32

  Elliott, Gemma ^a,b   Isaac, Claire L ^a,c   Muhlert, Nils ^c,d  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c LINCOLNSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accelerated long term forgetting; Epilepsy; Forgetting rates; Methodology

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED LONG TERM FORGETTING; AMNESIA; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEASUREMENT; MEMORY; RECALL; RECOGNITION; REVIEW; SPATIAL MEMORY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY; VISUAL MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MEMORY DISORDER; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84896041371     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 19738102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2014.02.001     Document Type: Review

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